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BEAUMONT, Albanis (Jean-François-Albanis) (1755-1812): - Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps; or, an itinerary from Lyons to Turin, by the way of Pays-de-Vaud, the Vallais, and across the Monts Great St. Bernard, Simplon, and St. Gothard: with topographical and historical descriptions of the principal places which lie contiguous to the route; including some philosophical observations on the natural history and elevation of that part of the Alps to which are added remarks on the course of the Rhone from its source to the Mediterranean Sea.

Title: Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps; or, an itinerary from Lyons to Turin, by the way of Pays-de-Vaud, the Vallais, and across the Monts Great St. Bernard, Simplon, and St. Gothard: with topographical and historical descriptions of the principal places which lie contiguous to the route; including some philosophical observations on the natural history and elevation of that part of the Alps to which are added remarks on the course of the Rhone from its source to the Mediterranean Sea.
Description: London, Printed by S. Hamilton, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800, in-folio, 4 leaves (1 blank - printed title-page - advertisements - contents) + 1 engraved title-page with view + 218 p. + 1 blank leaf + 1 folded handcoloured engraved map 'Chart of places... including the principal peaks of that chain of the alps from the Buchetta to Mont St. Gotthard' + 1 townmap of Lyon in black + 25 plates printed in brown (soot brown or 'bistre'), with most of the original protective tissue gards (mostly browned in the margins), some waterstains to the lower margins of the engraved title-page and some others, hw. ownership on first free fly 'J. Matilda Scott', Original leather spine, boards with rests of orig.-paper. ¶ First edition, reprinted in 1806. This book has never been translated into French. Illustrated engraved titlepage with view followed by the numbered plates I to XXVII, which include 1 general coloured map, 1 town-plan of Lyon printed in black and 25 views printed in bistre, all after drawings by Albanis Beaumont. (Liste of plates available). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Abbey: Travel in Aquatint & Lithography n° 53; Wäber, 109; Perret 333: Bel album très rare et très recherché pour la qualité des illustrations.

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Price: CHF 3500.00 = appr. US$ 3472.61 Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
- Book number: 109592