Author: (LONGMAN, William & TROWER, Henry):
Title: Journal of six weeks' adventures in Switzerland, Piemont and on the Italian Lakes. By W.L. and H.T. June, July, August 1856.
Description: London, Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., 1856, in-8vo, 3 leaves (title, contents, preface) + 123 p. + 1 p. + 1 folded map illustrating the road of the six weeks tour in Switzerland, signed copy on top of title: 'George Glowes Esq. with kind regardfs from William Langman' / Exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, reliure en toile originale. / original red clothbound, spine renewed with title & author gilt. ¶ First and only edition. Rare. Signed copy. Very scarce, privatly printed relation of a tour through the Alps during the summer of 1856. The trip went to Schaffhouse, col. de Splügeln, the Gothard, la Furka, Grimsel, the Righi, Grindelwald, the Wengen-Alp, Tschingel-Pass, Gemmi, Zermatt, Gornergrad, Théodule, Cramont, col de la Seigne and col des Fours, le Plan, Brévent, le col de Salenton and Tête Noire. Pages 100-110 deal with the Mont-Blanc. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Perret 2684.

Keywords: alpinism, mountaineering alpinisme Switzerland, German Suisse-Allemande, Switzerland-german, Schweiz-deutsch