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Ruchat, Abraham And Abraham Stanyan

Etat et dÈlices de la Suisse, ou description historique et gÈographique des treize cantons suisses et de leurs alliÈs. Nouvelle Èdition, corrigÈe & considerablement augmentÈe par plusieurs auteurs cÈlebres & enrichie de figures en taille-douce.

Chez Samuel Fauche, Imprimeur Libraire du Roi, 1778

2500.00 €

Cole & Contreras Books

(Sitges, Spain)

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Year of publication
1778
Place of printing
Neuchatel
Author
Ruchat, Abraham And Abraham Stanyan
Publishers
Chez Samuel Fauche, Imprimeur Libraire du Roi
Keyword
coleantiq coleillus switzerland schweiz
Languages
English

Description

AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY QUARTO EDITION OF ONE OF THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL AND MONUMENTAL WORKS ABOUT SWITZERLAND. Four parts in two volumes, complete. 3, iv, 455 pp.; 3, 392 pp. PLUS 81 BEAUTIFUL HORS-TEXTE PLATES (complete), including two frontispieces, 68 views (3 folding), and 11 maps (9 folding). Absolutely complete, including an "avis au relieur" in each volume. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper, with large margins. THIS IS THE FIRST (and only) QUARTO EDITION, FAR AND AWAY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EDITION, AND THE ONE PREFERRED BY COLLECTORS. Elegantly bound in contemporary tree calf (lightly worn and scuffed, but still very attractive), all edges gilt. A bit of old worming in the inner margins of some leaves, else FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH THE PAPER EXTREMELY WHITE AND FRESH THROUGHOUT.