A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club
Peaks, Passes and Glaciers A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859.
First edition. Bound in contemporary half morocco over wave grained cloth, raised bands to spine, gilt rules to cover and spine, with a brown page marker ribbon, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Eight chromolithographs, twenty-three woodcuts and nine maps. A near fine copy with minor wear to one corner at the base of the spine. Two ownership bookplates, internally fresh.
This collection includes, among several others, accounts of excursions on Mont Blanc, a chapter on the old glaciers of Switzerland and Wales and an ascent of Etna.
Stock ID: 46325
