Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827 / A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc.
Book Description
First edition. Large 4to. pp. xi, 120; 7 lithographs on India paper, 11 other lithographs (1 folding panorama), 4 maps and charts (3 folding, 2 coloured); a little foxed throughout, otherwise a very good copy
[bound with]
First edition. 4to. pp. [i, lithograph title], [iii]-vii, 35; one certificate, one table of heights, 10 lithographic plates; bound without the half title or additional illustrated title, else very clean in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, sometime respined to style with contrasting lettering pieces. Two newspaper clippings from 1836 and 1851 affixed to front endpapers.
Dealer Notes
First work: Cox 8; Neate A75; Nava F/1; Meckly 008; Perret 0183; second work: Neate F18; Nava G/1; Meckly 71; Perret 1605. On 25 July, 1827, Charles Fellows and William Hawes made the eighteenth ascent of Mont Blanc. Two weeks later, on the 9th August, John Auldo made the nineteenth ascent. Both parties were guided by Joseph-Marie Couttet, who in 1822 had acted as guide for Frederick Clissold, and would do the same for Edward Wilbraham in 1830. The present volume collects together the narratives by Fellows and Auldjo, the lithographic illustrations to each work complementing one another. Fellows’ work is in the uncoloured version.
Author
Auldjo, John; Fellows, Charles.
Date
1828 & 1827
Binding
Contemporary half calf, respined
Publisher
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [first work]; [London] [second work].
Condition
See description
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