‎PRIME, Samuel Irenaeus:‎
‎ Letters from Switzerland‎

‎Five Months Abroad, or Letters From the Ocean and the Land: Written During a Voyage Across the Atlantic, in England, Scotland, Belgium, Rhenish Prussia, the Valley of the Rhine, in Switzerland, under the Shadow of Mont Blanc, and while Re-Crossing the Ocean, during the Summer and Autumn of 1850. ‎

‎Concord, New Hampshire, McFarland & Jenks 1851, in-8vo, 183 p. with engraved frontispiece (of London Bridge), Exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, publisher’s binding of embossed dark brown cloth, spine decorated & lettered in gilt. Top of spine chipped. Copy a bit used.‎

‎First edition. The work is collected from the Author’s 23 letters, 13 & 14 on Switzerland, Mont-Blanc & the Valley of Chamonix, and his walks there. Uncommon in the original, first edition. Meckly 118; Perret 2898-A. Image disp.‎

‎Greek N. Letters from the road in Germany Switzerland and Italy. In 3 volumes. ‎

‎Greek N. Letters from the road in Germany Switzerland and Italy. In 3 volumes. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Grech N. Pisma s dorogi po Germanii Shveytsarii i Italii. V 3-kh tomakh. Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).He was a member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature Science and the Arts a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences was close to the Decembrists and maintained friendly relations with many of them. He was a member of the Masonic box of the Elected Mikhail. In 1812 he founded the famous historical political and literary weekly Son of the Fatherland magazine and was its editor until 1839. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbc678639f2227442d‎

‎Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons. In a series of letters to William Melmoth from William Coxe. With an historical sketch and notes on the late revolution. The fourth edition in 3 volumes.‎

‎London, Printed for T. Cadell (vol. 1) - by A. Strahan Jun. & W. Davies(vol. 2 & 3), , 1789 -801, in-8°, 1) 6 leaves + 428 p. + 2 engraved plates, (lacking map of Switzerland) / 2) VIII + 430 p. + 1 large folded map of the Mont-Blanc and Adjacent Alps, 2 plates (full grown male bouquetin - head of the bearded vulture (folding) + Panorama of the Alps as seen from Berne / 3) XVI + 451 p., engraved heraldic ex-libris: Georgii E.M. Grand, full calf bindings, (vol. 1 diff. from 2 &3).‎

‎Vol. 1) First illustrated edition. In fact this is a revised and enlarged edition of Coxe’s earlier publication of the letters, with engraved figures and maps added. The first volume contains 37 letters, in which the British historian William Coxe is reporting on the most interesting sites, and their cantons, including travel experiences as well as valuable geographical (glaciers, lakes, rivers, etc.), political and historical facts (foreign service, battles, international relations, etc.), on the following itinerary: Schaffhausen, Constance, St. Gallen, Appenzell, Glarus, Einsiedeln, Zürich, Bridge of Wettingen (with engr. plate of its elevation), Basel, Bienne, Soleure, Zug, Lucerne, Unterwalden, Gothard, Furca, Grimsel, Scheidegg, Staubbach, Lake of Thun and Brientz (with engraved plate), Lenk, Son, Martigny, Mont Blanc, the Valley of Ice, etc.. / Vol. 2 & 3: The rare 4th edition with the suppl. historical notes on the revolution. Barth 17601; Wäber p. 38; Perret 1159. (This copy with the folded map of the Mont-Blanc and Adjacent Alps); de Beer Early travellers 133: Haller I. 753 image disp.‎

‎Sketches of the Natural, Civil, and political State of Switzerland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; from William Coxe, M.A. Fellow of the King’s College, Cambridge; and Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. The second edition.‎

‎London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1780, gr. in-8vo, VIII + 474 p. + 1 leaf ‘Postscript’, untrimmed, contemporary h-calf, spine with special oval gilt vign. of a ‘bird in a tree’, red marocco title piece, top of spine a bit touched.‎

‎Rare second edition, curiously only mentioned by Perret’s valuable ‘Guide sur la montagne’ somewhere lost in the notice of the first French edition of 1781! Postscript notice: The principal writers upon whose authority based ...are: Guillimann, de rebus Helvetiorum, Stanyan’s Account of Switzerland, Dictionnaire de la Suisse etc... And from the contents: The Canton of Fribourg, entiry catholic has 60.000 souls, and it is computed that, in proportion to its size, none of the other cantons have so many troops in that service (France). For English readers, it is still a pleasure to read a well written account of late 18th century Switzerland, seen through the eyes of an English traveller. de Beer, Early travellers S. 133 ff; Haller I,753; Studer, Geogr. S. 523 ff.; Waeber 38; Perret 1159. Image disp.‎

‎Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons. In a series of letters to William Melmoth from William Coxe. With an historical sketch and notes on the late revolution. The fourth edition. In 3 volumes.‎

‎London, Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, 1801, in-8°, XII + LXX (first leaf I/II not bound in) + 434 p. + 2 plates (geometr. elevation of the Timber-Bridge - map of the lakes of Thun & Brienz) / 2) VIII + 430 p. + 3 plates (full grown male bouquetin - head of the bearded vulture (folding) - Panorama of the Alps as seen from Berne / 3) XVI + 451 p. (lacking maps of Switzerland and Mont-Blanc), Stamps ‘Montreux Club’ on title, h.-calf bindings, top of spine of vol. 3 missing (torn off).‎

‎The rare 4th edition with the supplementary historical notes on the revolution. ‘Of all accounts of travels through Switzerland in the 18th. century, none enjoyed such a high reputation for accuracy and completeness as that of the Archdeacon William Coxe...’ (De Beer). De Beer, Early Travellers, 133; Haller I, 753; Studer, Geographie S. 523 ff.; Wäber 38. ‎