Description du Département du Simplon, ou de la ci-devant République du Valais

by Hildibrand Schiner

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First edition

x, 557, 1 pp. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt. Sion: A. Advocat, 1812. First edition of this uncommon account of the mountainous canton of Valais then known as the “département du Simplon” in Switzerland. Schiner, a physician on the medical faculty at Montpellier, describes the geography, natural history, most notable buildings, costumes, cuisines and wines, commercial

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