1832 Fassbind, Geschichte des Kantons Schwyz, Switzerland, Book

Fassbind, [Joseph] Thomas - Kaspar Rigert (editor)

Geschichte des Kantons Schwyz. Von dessen ersten Gründung bis zur gewaltingen Staatsumwälzung der löbl. Eidgenossenschaft 1798 herausgeben von einem Zögling und Verehrer des Verfassers (Caspar Rigert, Pfarrer in Gersau). 5 volumes.

Schwyz, Jos. Kälin u. Comp., 1832-38.

Each volume ca 400 pages.

8vo.

Illustrated with 26 lithographed plates and one folded map.

Various bindings of the period.

Lonchamp 1021. Feller/Bonjour 592ff. Vol.: 1: From its first founding to the Battle of Sempach; 2: From the Battle of Sempach up to and including the peace of 1450; 3: From the peace with Zurich and the Swabian War to the Reformation; 4: From the beginning of the Reformation in the Swiss Confederation to the founding of the Golden League; 5: From the conclusion of the Golden League in 1586 to the massive upheaval of the honorable Swiss Confederation in 1798. 

Joseph Thomas Fassbind (1755-1824) lived in Schwyz and studied in Einsiedeln, Bellinzona, Como, and Besançon. In 1798, he was found guilty of treason for his resistance to the Helvetic civic oath and sentenced to twelve years of exile in the Engelberg monastery. His "History of Schwyz," written between 1791 and 1803, is the first attempt to record all the "worth-knowing and remarkable events" of the region. It begins with the question of the origins of the Schwyzers and ends in the third volume with a detailed account of the battles against the French in 1798. Fassbind describes not only the political history but also the demographic, social, and economic peculiarities of the Old Canton of Schwyz. The five-volume history was published by Pastor Kaspar Rigert in 1832 on Fassbind's behalf.

Extremely rare. Some foxing; small tear to map; vol. 5 uncut; bindings rubbed and with some wear.