Switzerland - Lot 780

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Switzerland - Lot 780
Switzerland RUCHAT(Abraham) - STANYAN (Abraham) État et Délices de la Suisse ou Description Historique et Géographique des treize cantons suisses. Neuchâtel, Fauche, 1778. 2 volumes in-4 : 2f., IV, 454pp. and (1) / ; illustrated with 9 folding maps, 67 plates and 2 frontispieces (78 engravings in all after Merian) ; paper in good condition, good margins. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, black end-papers, 2 headpieces torn off, 3 jaws weak, rubbing, gilt roulette on the edges, spotted edges. One of the best quality works on Switzerland; compiles various famous works such as Abraham Stanyan Account of Switzerland of London 1714 and Les délices de la Suisse of Amsterdam, 1714 by the same Ruchat (Barbier II, 298f)(Quérard VIII, 277).
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