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FLORIAN, Jean Pierre Claris de. William Tell; or, The patriot of Switzerland. Translated freely from the French. To which is prefixed, the life of the author. J. Harris & Son. 1823
Front., vignette title, additional printed title, illus. with 9 full-page engravings, 4pp cata. Contemp. full green calf, neatly rebacked, black label.

¶Guillaume Tell, ou La Suisse Libre, 1794; earliest edition in BNF, 1800. First English edition 1809, under the title William Tell; or, Swisserland delivered, translated by W.B. Hewetson. The translator of this edition is identified by Oxford as Maria Elizabeth Budden.
Stock #39419
£75


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