William COXE

Second complete edition, with some parts in first edition, expanded with a second volume, in the translation by Ramond de Carbonnières, annotated and augmented with his observations. 8 pages of catalogue at rear.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label, green morocco volume label. Headcap of volume I worn down, joints cracked at foot. On volume 2, upper joint cracked at foot. Rubbing. 4 corners slightly bumped. Some foxing in margins.
Coxe made 2 journeys (in 1766 and 1779) through the Swiss cantons, his letters abound with picturesque descriptions, augmented by the translator's remarks who also made a journey to...

First French edition illustrated with 7 folding plates, including 2 maps of Switzerland and Mont Blanc, and a panorama of the Alps.
Half beige cloth 19th-century bindings. Spines with red morocco title labels. Green paper boards. Spines soiled. Corners heavily bumped. Light scattered pale foxing. The last 4 pages of volume 2 with a tear to upper margin with loss not touching text. The very large plate of Switzerland with 2 restorations following tears. A light tear to margin of the Mont Blanc map. Tear with loss p. 77 of volume 1, to lower margin, with loss of a few letters.
Undoubtedly one of the finest works on Switzerland. The author made 4 journeys there which allowed him to...

First French edition published simultaneously with a 2-volume quarto edition by the same publisher, expanded with Mallet's journey to Norway. The first English edition appeared in London in 1784. The illustration comprises 12 folding maps and plans (Poland, Russia, Caspian Sea, Denmark), 4 portraits engraved by Topfler (Stanislas Auguste, Catherine II, Pugat Chef, Gustav III) and 3 folding plates including one of costume (Swedish man and woman) and one relating to ornithology. A fifth volume was formed as an atlas, with 11 bound folding maps, the twelfth map of the Caspian Sea is found in volume 3.
Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with...