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 by French invasion, and written by the Swiss-born Principal Librarian of the British Museum, which he expanded and modernized.
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