Vintage Books about Glarus and its Families
Geschichte des Landes Glarus
Zürich, Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Schulthess, 1836
by Melchior Schuler
German / old German font
570 pages
Benchmark book about the history of Glarus mainly starting with the 9th century, a time when Glarus was a territory of the Säckingen monastery, until the beginning of the 19th century.
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Beschreibung des lobl(ichen) Orths und Lands Glarus
Zürich, Verlag Johann Heinrich Lindinner, 1714
by Johann Heinrich Tschudi
German / old German font
836 pages
Early history book and also a benmark book about Glarus, describing the political and social history based on old documents.
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Glarus vor, während und nach dem Brande des 10./11. Mai 1861
Glarus, Verlag der Frid. Schmid´schen Buchdruckerei, 1864
by Dr. Niklaus Tschudi
German / old German font
96 pages
Historical describition of the fire in Glarus in 1861.
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Der Kanton Glarus, historisch-geographisch-statistisch geschildert von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart
St. Gallen und Bern, Bei Huber und Compagnie, 1846
by Dr. Oswald Heer and Johann Jakob Blumer-Heer
German / old German font
665 pages
Book about the history of Glarus as part of the series Gemälde der Schweiz (volume 7)
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Aegidii Tschudii gewesenen Land-Ammanns zu Glarus Chronicon Helveticum: oder gründliche Beschreibung der so wohl in dem heil(igen) Römischen Reich als besonders in einer lobl(ichen) Eydgenossenschafft und angrätzenden Orten vorgelossenen merckwürdigsten Begegnusse (Band 2)
Basel, In Verlegung Hans Jacob Bischoff, 1736
by Ägidius (Gilg) Tschudi
German / old German font
712 pages
Benchmark book about the Swiss history, written by famous Landammann Aegidius Tschudi. The book also contains historical links to Glarus and its families.
First Volume Scanned by Google Books
Second Volume Scanned by Google Books
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Egidius Tschudi´s Leben und Schriften nach dessen eigenen Handschriften diplomatisch verfasst und mit Urkunden belegt
St. Gallen, bey Huber und Compagnie, 1805
by Ildephonus Fuchs
German / old German font
215 pages
Early biography about Aegidius Tschudi based on Tschudi´s own documents and wirtten by the former priest and archivar of the church Rheinau, Ildephonus Fuchs. First and second volume.
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Second Volume Scanned by Google Books
Egidius Tschudi als Staatsmann und Geschichtsschreiber
Zürich, Druck und Verlag von Orell, Füssli und Comp., 1856
by Jakob Vogel
German / old German font
311 pages
Biography about Aegidius Tschudi, written by Jakob Vogel, teacher of history at the High School in Berne.