Letellier

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 tr

First edition, illustrated with 11 plates, 7 of which are folding (anatomy, hermaphrodite sex, Hottentot...).
Contemporary full sheep binding with root grain. Smooth spine decorated with compartments à la grotesque. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Cold-tooled roll frame on boards. Upper joint cracked at head of volume I, and lower joint cracked at head and foot. A lack at head of volume III. Rather good copy, fresh.
Without prejudice for the period, and judging things essentially as a naturalist, observing and comparing facts to his knowledge, this history of woman, not only through history but according to nations (the Hottentots are often studied) is fascinating in more wa