Author: (Weston, Stephen) (1747-1830):
Title: La Scava; or, Some account of an excavation of a Roman town on the hill of Chatelet, in Champagne, between St. Dizier and Joinville, discovered in the year 1772: : to which is added, A journey to the Simplon, by Lausanne, and to Mont Blanc, through Geneva (pp. 41 upto 128).
Description: London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818, lg. in-8vo, 133 p. + 3 unn. p. (Pubisher's adds), ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, simple h.-cloth, boards. / reliure simple dos toilé, plats cartonnés (fin XIXe). ¶ The pages 1 upto 40 : La Scava / pp. 41 upto 122: The jouney to Simplon, Journey through the Valais & Savoye) & pp. 123 upto 128: A Table of the Altutudes of the highest Mountains of the Alps, from Mount Jura to Mont Blanc + Table & Index on pp. 129-133 + 2 p. publisher's adds. At page 86 there is an interesting relation which seem to be the first time that one writes about an accident on falling into a rockfissure. '...into the carriage to Servos in two hours. There are things to see at this place a.o. the tomb of Monsieur d'Eschen, who fell into a fissure of the rock in the neighbourhood, having strayed from his guide. A monument to his memory was erected in the eight year of liberty (1800). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. not in Perret.

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