Going across the tail of the book, front back and spine is a sticky tape stain; the spine strip is chipped head and tail and is stained at the head, else a clean, solid copy. Ulrich Bräker (1735-1798) was a Swiss autodidact, writer and diarist, known for his autobiography, published in 1789, widely received at the time as the voice of an unspoiled "natural man" of the lower classes, based on the title of which Bräker became known as "The Poor Man of Toggenburg" (Der arme Mann im Toggenburg).(Wikipedia)