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The story of Mont Blanc.
London, David Bogue, Fleet Street MDCCCLIII, 1853, in-8°, 1 hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (the ascension of de Saussure) + XII, title with vignette + 219 p. (+ 1), illustrated with 29 woodcut vignettes (including 5 initials and a halfpage portrait of de Saussure, ill. by William Beverly), p. 198-199 with brown stain from dry flowers, and several other stains, flyleaves renewed, old library stamp from ‘Adelaide’ (Australia), recent h.-leather with corners, spine with 5 bands, title & author gilt.
First edition, illustrated with in all 30 figures of which the handcoloured frontispiece, a halfpage portrait of de Saussure, a view of Genève, Martigny and Chamonix, and a series of views showing mountaineers on their climbs to the mountains and glaciers.«The story of Mont-Blanc» is an ample historical excursion on Chamonix and Mont-Blanc. It also contains Albert Smith's account of his own ascent in 1851, the 36th, which first appeared in «Blackwood's Magazine» for January 1852, followed the same year by its first appearance in bookform. “Cet ouvrage constitue la première véritable monographie sur le Mont-Blanc. Il est une des dernières manifestations de la période des "glacières" et, par sa popularité, il a contribué à l'avènement d'une nouvelle génération d'alpinistes... L'édition la plus recherchée reste l'édition originale anglaise de 1853” (Perret). Classics in the literature of mountaineering 10; Neate 715 and S86; Farquhar 10; Lehner, Die Eroberung der Alpen 340 and 621; Perret 4074 (but indicates 22 vignettes); Cox, Classics in the literature of Mountaineering n+ 10; Rean 117. (Il y a qqs taches dues à des fleurs séchées placées entre les pages). Image disp.
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The story of Mont Blanc. Second edition, enlarged.
London, David Bogue, Fleet Street MDCCCLIV, 1854, in-8°, engraved frontispiece (the hut lately erected) + XVI, + 299 p. (+ 1), + 2 leaves + 24 p. (publisher’s ads) illustrated with 26 woodcut vignettes, small waterstains at foot in the beginning, recent boards , paperticket with title on spine.
Second enlarged edition, illustrated with 24 figures. Il s’agit de la 2e édition augmentée, illustrée d’un frontispice représentant le bivouac des Grand Mulets ainsi de 25 vignettes gravées sur bois. Classics in the literature of mountaineering 10; Neate 715 and S86; Farquhar 10; Lehner, die Eroberung der Alpen 340 and 621; Perret 4074; Rean 117; Meckley -. Image disp.
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Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
