DeutschSimplon, Customs Clearance Isella on the. Clearance of a covered wagon with six horses in front of the Hôtel de la Post. Wood engraving after Ludwig Dill (Gernsbach 1848 – Karlsruhe 1940). (1875/77.) Inscribed with the signature above left. 11.4 x 18.9 cm.
On both sides continous local text to the Great Saint Bernard up to the reference to the duty collected then about 1026 by bands called then still hijackers.
“ They had erected a field-work from the lake up to the rock and left therein only a gate in front of which they collected their excessive duty. “
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