Author: COXE, William (1747-1828):
Title: Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons. In a series of letters to William Melmoth from William Coxe. With an historical sketch and notes on the late revolution. The fourth edition. In 3 volumes.
Description: London, Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, 1801, in-8°, XII + LXX (first leaf I/II not bound in) + 434 p. + 2 plates (geometr. elevation of the Timber-Bridge - map of the lakes of Thun & Brienz) / 2) VIII + 430 p. + 3 plates (full grown male bouquetin - head of the bearded vulture (folding) - Panorama of the Alps as seen from Berne / 3) XVI + 451 p. (lacking maps of Switzerland and Mont-Blanc), Stamps 'Montreux Club' on title, h.-calf bindings, top of spine of vol. 3 missing (torn off). ¶ The rare 4th edition with the supplementary historical notes on the revolution. 'Of all accounts of travels through Switzerland in the 18th. century, none enjoyed such a high reputation for accuracy and completeness as that of the Archdeacon William Coxe...' (De Beer). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. De Beer, Early Travellers, 133; Haller I, 753; Studer, Geographie S. 523 ff.; Wäber 38.

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