PLANTA, Joseph. The History of the Helvetic Confederacy … The Second Edition. London: printed for John Stockdale. 1807.
Three voumes, 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf; pp. [2], 464; v, [9]-434; iv [recte vi], 460; large engraved folding map; spines worn with loss of ornamentation and lettering, otherwise very good.
An authoritative history of Switzerland, necessitated by the loss of independence through the French invasion, and written by the Swiss-born Principal Librarian of the British Museum, which he expanded and modernized.
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