Heutelia

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Heutelia is a German travel book about a journey through Switzerland. Published anonymously in Paris in 1658, it is linked to Hans Franz Veiras. It is notable as a baroque work and a critical look at 17th‑century Swiss society. The book has 297 octavo pages. It is often misattributed to Jakob von Graviseth. The title is an anagram of Helvetia, the Latin name for Switzerland (U and V were the same letter at the time). The name also echoes euthēlos, meaning “with a full udder,” playing on cowherd stereotypes about the Swiss.