Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe.

  • Coxe, William, 1747-1828.
Date:
1779
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Credit: Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    advertisement. cjJH E following letters were written merely as a private tribute of friendjhip, and without the leaf view of their pafing from the hands of the gentleman to whom they are addrejfed, into any other but thofe of the Author s mofl intimate connections. To the latter they . were accordingly communicated} and it was folely in compliance with their una- nimous, though perhaps too partial, opinion, that he confented to commit them to the prefs. For that purpofe a revifal of them became ne- cef’ary; in the courfe of which he availed him- felfof every means in his power, to render them lefs unworthy of public infpeCiion : and hefeels a juft pride in acknowledging, that he has re¬ ceived much additional information from feve- ral of his literary acquaintance in Swiferland; that by Captain Floyds obliging communication of the very accurate journal he kept during their joint tour, he has been enabled to infert feveral material circumfanCes which had ei¬ ther fipped his memory, or efcaped his obfer- vation ; and that it is owing to the judicious animadverjions of fame other of his ingenious friends, that thefe feets do not appear with all their original imperfections. .9 THE