Author: COXE, William (1747-1828):
Title: Travels in Switzerland. In a series of letters to William Melmoth. In 2 volumes.
Description: Dublin, for L. White, P. Byrne, Grueber & McAllister etc., M. DCC LXXXIX, (1789), in-8°, XII p. + VI + 555 p. / XIV p. + 1 leaf (maps and plates) + 544 p. + 12 leaves (Index), with 1 folding panorama + 4 engraved plates, (some pages in the beginning of vol. 2 are loosening), (lacking maps of Switzerland & Mont-Blanc), stamp on title, recent clothbinding, leather titlepiece on spine. ¶ VERY RARE DUBLIN IMPRINT. A revised and enlarged edition of Coxe's earlier publication of the letters, with engraved figures added, Another edition was published the same year in London. These editions served as the base of a number of editions published in the following decenium. This copy includes the folding panorama "View of the Alps as seen from the environs of Berne", a plate "View of the lakes of Thun and Brienz from the top of the Niess", a plate showing the "Head of bearded vulture", and 2 simple plates: the timber bridge of Wettingen, and two bouquetins. According to Abbey 'Coxe is credited with being the first to apply notions of the 'Picturesque' to Switzerland, and with being one of the first to write in such a way as to open the country up to touristic possibilities'. The 2 maps indicated on the list of maps were not included in this copy. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Cf. Barth 17601, Cox I/158, Engelmann II/924, Lowndes I/543, and Graesse II/293; cf. Perret 1159.

Keywords: geography géographie Switzerland Suisse-Générale, Switzerland-general, Schweiz-allgemein travel, exploration voyages history histoire correspondence correspondance Palmer, W.