Vacation Tourists, and Notes of Travel in 1860.

Name: Vacation Tourists, and Notes of Travel in 1860.
Author: Galton, Francis, ed.

Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 483, 24 (pubs. list); four maps inc. one folding, a few illusts. to text; previous owner’s inscription at front, else very good in original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed.

Dealer Notes

Wäber I.88; Neate G03; not in Perret. Galton (1822-1911), a half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was something of a polymath, with a passing interest in mountaineering. The present volume, the first of three separately published works by this title (others appeared for the years 1861 and 1862), includes his account of a visit to the Pyrenees while in northern Spain to observe a solar eclipse. Other articles in this volume were contributed by J. J. Cowell on the Graian Alps, Leslie Stephen on the Allelein-Horn, F.V. Hawkins on his 1860 Matterhorn attempt with John Tyndall, and Tyndall’s own account of his Æggischhorn traverse.

Author Galton, Francis, ed.

Date 1861

Binding Original cloth, gilt

Publisher London: Macmillan and Co.

Condition See description

Pages viii, 483, 24 (pubs. list)

Price: £250.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Contact Dealer Email to Friend Print

Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Please email info@pbfa.org for more information

Important Information

Vacation Tourists, and Notes of Travel in 1860.

Book Description

Dealer Notes

Friends of the PBFA

Join PBFA

Important Information

Vacation Tourists, and Notes of Travel in 1860.

Book Description

Dealer Notes

Other books

Friends of the PBFA

Join PBFA