Etat et délices de la Suisse, ou description historique et géographique des treize cantons Suisses et de leurs alliés

First and only quarto edition, the most sought-after as considerably expanded, the original octavo edition of 1730 having been recast, corrected and enhanced with new discoveries by Baron; furthermore Baron completed Ruchat's edition with Abraham Stanyan's work, Account of Switzerland (London, 1714). 81 engravings and maps after Merian, 2 allegorical frontispieces, 68 plates of city views and curiosities and 11 maps. One leaf of instructions to the binder at the end of each volume.
Contemporary full marbled blonde sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Double fillet border on boards. One lack of leather at head of volume II. Lower joint of volume I split at head with loss and split at tail along the last compartment. 2 corners slightly bumped. Some scratches on upper board of volume II. One lack to lower margin, plate 5 of volume I; p. 428, plate numbered 33, lacking 1.5 by 3 cm in the engraving. Rubbing. On verso of certain plates and on title pages, stamp: Bibliothèque Jules Barotte. Good copies, very fresh.
Famous and detailed geographical, historical and political monograph on Switzerland.