An Account of Switzerland Written in the Year 1714.

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First edition, 1714, in full calf, gilt tooled central image, a few small marks, edge blind tooling, tips repaired. Professionally respined, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles to black morocco label. Internally, title within double ruled border & vignette (port. of Shakespeare), [8], [1], 2-247 pp, marbled endpapers, faded gilt text block edges, some edge browning more towards end. Uncommon, at printing, no other copy available commercially! (188*114 mm). The author describes the people, customs, economy and trade, militia, as well as the government and democratic institutions. The book was used by William Coxe in his Sketches of Switzerland, published in 1779 and was the first significant book on the country by an English traveler. The appendix is an Account of the Allies of the Switzers.