ZSCHOKKE, Heinrich, and J. B. BRIATTE [translation into French, preface and supplement]. The History Of The Invasion Of Switzerland, by the French, and the Destruction of the Democratical Republics of Schwitz, Uri, and Unterwalden … Translated from the French of J. B. Biatte. London, Longman and Rees, 1803.
8vo. Original publisher's boards, paste-paper spine with printed label (expert restorations); pp. vii, 364 , [3, publisher's catalogue]; entirely uncut, clean and fresh internally; contemporary booseller's label inside front cover.
First edition in English of this episode in Swiss and European history. 'Its publication in English at the present period was thought particularly calculated to promote the spirit of resistance to unprincipled ambition, and the schemes of universal domination, which is alone to be relied upon in the arduous contest in which th nation is now engaged' (Preface).
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