‎BROWNE, J.D.H.:‎
‎Stories from Switzerland and the Tyrol. Incidents of history, adventury & travel.‎

‎London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1852, in-8vo, engraved frontispiece (Ascent of Mont blanc) + engr. titlepage (the Waldenses) + VI (recte VIII) + page 9 upto 494 + 1 ll. + 8 unn. leaves of ‘1853’ catalogue of ‘New illustrated Works’ + 4 engraved plates (Story of William Tell - dog of St. Bernard - Napoleon and the swiss guide - Fall of the Rossberg), plates with (water-) stains, hw. ownership dated 1854 on inside first cover + 1 other, original pictorial red clothbound (gilt climbing scene).‎

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‎Rare, almost unknown description of a ‘Mont Blanc’ ascension. Contents : Incidents of (swiss-) history / Alpine adventure and suffering (Fall of Rossberg - Val the Bagnes - Ascent of Mont Blanc - Three months under snow in the Jura Mountains / Italian and French Alps / Modern Switzerland and the Tyrol. The author, J. D. H. Browne, of mostly known for his magnificient album ‘Ten scenes of the last ascent of Mont Blanc’ published in 1853 (Perret 735). Perret ne connait pas l’ouvrage malgré l’indication au n° 735 (the famous book of Browne: ‘Ten scenes of the last ascent of Mont-Blanc’ of 1853), ‘il fit l’ascension au Mont-Blanc en 1852’; de Beer: Travellers in Switzerland ‘1852’ p. 250: ‘Lucerne, Chamonix, Mont Blanc’; Meckly, Mont Blanc: The early years 41A (p. 124); Réan: Monte Bianco -; Waeber. Image disp.‎

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