Copy 1, Volume 1
Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons, in a series of letters to William Melroth, esq. From William Coxe ... With an historical sketch and notes on the late revolution / [William Coxe].
- William Coxe
- Date:
- 1801
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Travels in Switzerland and in the country of the Grisons, in a series of letters to William Melroth, esq. From William Coxe ... With an historical sketch and notes on the late revolution / [William Coxe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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