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    Name of Collection: National Library of Switzerland, Et in Helvetia ego
    URL of Collection: http://www.snl.ch/f/fuehr/index/htm

    Name of Institution: National Library of Switzerland
    Institution URL: http://snl.ch/

    Description: A small collection relating to travel in Switzerland, consisting of 18th and 19th century items from the National Library's collections which have helped to form the legend of "Switzerland". Includes extracts from Goethe, Haller, Voltaire, Rousseau and from Philipp Stapfer, father of Swiss travel literature and founder of the first national library of Switzerland.

    Main language of the collection: French
    Type of Material: Printed Documents, Manuscripts

 

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