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SIMOND, L.
Switzerland; Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country. In 2 volumes.
London, John Murray, (London, prinrted by William Clowes), 1823. lg. in-8vo, VII (+ 1) + 520 p. + 1 folding double-plate (with 4 figures of wrestlers) / 4 leaves + 500 p. Half leather.
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Overall good condition. Complete and well preserved interior. The covers present some general wear. Ideal for restauration or documentation. Ships from France. Bon état général. Intérieur complet et bien conservé. Les couvertures présentent une usure générale. Idéal pour restauration ou documentation.
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2 book(s) with the same title
Switzerland; Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819: Followed by A Historical Sketch on the Manners and Customs of Ancient and Modern Helvetia, in Which the Events of our Own Time are Fully Detailed; together with the causes to which they may be referred. In 2 volumes.
London, John Murray, (I: London, prinrted by William Clowes / II: London, Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars), 1822, lg. in-8vo, VII (+ 1) + 588 p. + 1 folding double-plate (with 4 figures of wrestlers) / 4 leaves + 580 p., hw. name of former owner on title ‘J. D. Campbell June 1822’, contemporary h.-leather with corners, spine on 5 bands. Green morocco titlepiece & brown morocco - volumepiece on spine.
First English edition. Fine fresh copy without any stains, fine contemporary binding signed ‘David Bryce Glasgow’. Among the first Frenchmen to tread the soil of Switzerland after the downfall of the Empire was Louis Simond, who had travelled in England. Simond had good fortune to be shown over the Linth canalisation works by none other than Escher von der Linth himself, and also of hearing an account by this distinguished man, at a meeting of scientists at Lausanne, of the disastrous flood of 1818 in the ‘Val de Bagne’. de Beer, Alpos and Men, p. 89; Perret 4062; Waeber 60 (nennt falsch: London 1823 und 2. Aufl. 1833). Image disp.
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Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
Switzerland; Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819: Followed by An Historical Sketch on the Manners and Customs of Ancient and Modern Helvetia, in which the events of our own time are fully detailed; together with the causes to which they may be referred. The second edition. In 2 volumes.
London, John Murray, (London, prinrted by William Clowes), 1823, lg. in-8vo, VII (+ 1) + 520 p. + 1 folding double-plate (with 4 figures of wrestlers) / 4 leaves + 500 p., engraved armorial Ex-Libris ‘Anthy Wright Biddulph’ cont. full leatherbinding. Spine remounted.
Second English edition. Fine fresh copy without any stains, fine contemporary binding signed ‘David Bryce Glasgow’. Among the first Frenchmen to tread the soil of Switzerland after the downfall of the Empire was Louis Simond, who had travelled in England. Simond had good fortune to be shown over the Linth canalisation works by none other than Escher von der Linth himself, and also of hearing an account by this distinguished man, at a meeting of scientists at Lausanne, of the disastrous flood of 1818 in the ‘Val de Bagne’. de Beer, Alpes and Men, p. 89; Perret 4062; Waeber 60 (nennt falsch: London 1823 und 2. Aufl. 1833); Barth 17645. Image disp.
(SLACES, NVVA)
Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
