MALLET (P. H.). Histoire des Suisses ou Helvétiens, Depuis l - Lot 216

MALLET (P. H.). Histoire des Suisses ou Helvétiens, Depuis les tems les plus reculés, jusques à nos jours. Genève, G. J. Manget, 1803. 4 vol. in-8° of XII, 491, 1 bl., [5] pp; 405, 1 bl., [2] pp; 431 pp; 228 pp. 4 engraved vignettes to titles and a large engraved folding map of the Helvetic Republic. Glazed green calf, romantic smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs and a large central cold iron, gilt title and tom., gilt fillet and cold roulette framing the boards with a central gilt medallion, gilt corner roulette on the edges, gilt grecques on the endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). First edition, complete with large map. Prize book for the Concours général, académie de Paris. Ex-libris ms. "de Watteville". Small tear without loss to the map; defects to the binding. A good copy, however.