Natur- Historie des Schweizerlandes. Erster Theil. Welcher enthaltet die Beschreibung der Elementen, Grenzen und Bergen.Zweyter Theil. Welcher enthalter die Beschreibung der Seen, Flüssen, Brünnen, warmen und kalten Bäderen und anderen Mineral-Wassern.Dritter Theil. Welcher enthaltet die Beschreibung der Luft-Geschichten, Steinen, Metallen, und andern Mineralien des Schweitzerlandes, absonderlich auch der Ueberbleibseln der Sündfluth. Zweyte und verbesserte Ausgabe. 3 parts in 1 vol. Title-pages printed in red and black.

With engr. frontispiece in part 1, woodcut title-vignette (repeated) and 32 engravings (of which 25 are foldings, 1 with a over-slip) including views, town plans and maps by Joh. Meyer, Joh. Melchior Füssli, and J. G. Seiller. (4), 268 pp., (4) leaves; (16), 480, (6) pp.; (16), 336 pp. 4to. Contemp. half calf, gilt lettering on spine. Engraved bookplate Joh. Kaspar Weyss, owner's entry Hermann Werdmüller Elgg on inner from cover. Title-pages printed in red and black. Zurich, Heidegger and Comp., 1752. The first edition was published in 1716-18. This present second edition of J. J. Scheuchzer's (1672-1733) scientific description of Switzerland is greatly enlarged and much rarer. The plates are mainly views and maps, although there are also plates of geological profiles and samples, scientific equipment and regional flora and fauna. From 1702 until 1711 Scheuchzer undertook yearly expeditions, accompanied by friends and pupils. He was the first to systematically explore the Alps, and became a pioneer in the fields of geology, palaeontology and glaziology. The work offers historical details, and together with Tschudi's chronicle it became one of the main sources for Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell". - A few tears in the folds of some maps and plates repaired. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. - Nissen, ZBI 3655; Haller I, 1047; Barth 17218. SCIENCE: GEOLOGY / MINERALOGY ; HELVETICA ;