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(Stanyan, Abraham). L’Etat de la Suisse, écrit en 1714. Traduit de L’anglois (par Lucas Schaub).

4 Bll., 32 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. – Amsterdam, Jean Carrel, 1714.

First French translation of Stanyan’s „Account of Switzerland“ (1714). From 1705 to 1714, the Englishman Abraham Stanyon lived in Switzerland as an extraordinary ambassador in order to survey the Evangelic Cantons. His observations are considered as very accurate and truthful. – Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 20870