YOSY, A. (Ann): — Switzerland, as now divided into nineteen cantons; interspersed with historical anecdotes, local customs, and a description of the present state of the country. The cantons are severally described, and also the county of Neuchatel, the republic of Geneva, the boundaries, & new road over the Simplon, with picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Swiss, illustrated in fifty coloured engravings of the costume. To which is added a short guide to travellers. 2 vols bound in 1.

London, printed (by B. Howlett) for J. Booth and J. Murray, 1815, gr. in-8¡,(25 x 16 cm.), 2 ff. (title vol 1 + titlepage) + VIII + 236 p. ; titlepage + 212 p. + alltogether 50 engraved costume plates all hand-coloured + 1 engraved plates of music with text (on 1 sheet), XIXth century h.-calf binding with corners, spine on 5 bands richly gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine copy with only a few traces of use. Ann Yosy, lady traveller of the beginning of the XIXth century. First edition of this beautifully illustrated work & a fine travellers guidebook through Switzerland. Illustrated with 50 handcoloured engraved plates, partly done after the engravings of ÇNeue Sammlung von SchweizertrachtenÈ, by Kšnig, published in 1811 already. List of the plates as a. o.: a haymaker, haymaking girl, farmer, huntsman, milkmaid, milkman, embroiderer, mountaineer, servants, peasants, shepherds, men and women of towns and alpine regions, e.g. ZŸrich, Fribourg, Thun, Basle, Morat, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Soleure, etc., all in colourful traditional dress. With the engraved music-plate with the very popular hymn ÔRanz de vaches des OrmontsÕ, which for one time was forbidden because of the Swiss mercenairies fighting against each other in the different armies, by hearing this song, became so homesick that they deserted. Ann Yosy lived and travelled in Switzerland from 1802 to 1813.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Waeber BSL III/56; Brunet V/1509; Lipperheide Ga-26; Colas 3102 (printing error: tome second: ... 50 planches ... chiffr. 21 ˆ 70); Barth 17246.