Ruchat, Abraham (1678-1750).

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

Les délices de la Suisse. Leiden: Pierre vander Aa, 1714

4 volumes, 12mo (157 x 94mm.), [34], 220; [4] 221-434; [4], 435-676; [4], 677-1072pp., title-pages printed in red and black, illustration: engraved double-page frontispiece, engraved folding frontispiece, 72 engraved maps and views, binding: eighteenth-century calf, spine gilt in compartments, brown morocco lettering-pieces, one plate creased and slightly frayed, other plates creased, spotting, ink marks to a few leaves, binding worn

Literature

Waeber 28

Catalogue Note

first edition. An influential and well illustrated account of Switzerland that did much to demystify the country for northern European minds paving the way for the country's establishment as a tourist destination.