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ZINCKE, F. Barham:
1) A month in Switzerland. / 2) and: Swiss Allmends and a Walk to see them Being a second month in Switzerland /3) and: A Walk in the Grisons. Being a third month in Switzerland. In. 3 volumes
London Smith , Elder, 1873, -74, -75, in-8vo, XVI + 271 + 1 (advertisement) / X + 367 p.+ large folding colour map of Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy & Piedmont in pocket at end / 368 p. 1) Êx-libris ,Rucksack-Club’ / 2) Horace Walker + Ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, gilt decorated cloth. Original publisher’s bindings, some rubbings and or staines.
Reference : 139858aaf
The account of a tour through the mountains of Switzerland, mostly on foot in 1872. The author started at Zermatt, explored Saas and its glacier, crossed Monte Moro and the Simplon to the Rhone Glacier and finished in the Bernede Oberland. „Alpinism is also a natural and healthy protest in some was against the dull drawing-room routine... / 2) About explorations in southern and central Switzerland / 3) thelast part of Zincke’s triology concerning the eastern Alps of Switzerland and completing an unique view of the Alps during the 1870’s.Offered here as a complet set. First editions. Image disp.
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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
M. Ben Harteveld
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1700 Fribourg
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