Helvetiorum respublica. /
L'Ermite, Daniel,1584?-1613.
Simmler, Josias,1530-1576.De republica Helvetiorum.
Lugd. Bat. : Ex officina Elzeviriana,
anno MDCXXVII [1627]
Mainly a reprint of Josias Simmler's De republica Helvetiorum (p. 26-484); to which is added a short work by Daniel L'Ermite and three small anonymous works.
"Cum privilegio."
Engraved title page signed "P.S."
The date at the foot of the title page uses inverted letters.
Second of three editions dated 1627. First edition has same number of pages, but a different typesetting; also lacks head- and tail-pieces. Third edition has 508, [15] p. See Willems, Copinger, and Rahir.
Signatures: A-2L⁸ 2M⁴ [$5 signed ( -A1, 2M4; 2C3 signed 'Cc'; 2E5 signed 'E5')].
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
"Index rerum maxime memorabilium": pages [536]-[551]; "Summa privilegii": p. [552].
I. Brevis Helvetiæ geographica descriptio, ex Francisco Guillimanno, Osvvaldo Molitore, & aliis -- II. Helvetiæ soli natura, ex Henrico Glareano -- III. De fluviis aliquot Helvetiæ -- IV. Iosiæ Simleri De republica Helvetiorum libri duo -- V. Danielis Heremitæ Belgæ De Helvetiorum, Rætorum, Sedunensium situ, republica & moribus epistola ad D. Ferdinandum Gonzagam Mantuæ ducis fil.
Willems, A. Elzevier,
Copinger, H.B. Elzevier,
Rahir, E. Elzevier,
Haller, G.E. von. Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte,