Author: SENDEN, G.H. van, (1783-1851):
Title: Alpenrozen. Tweede druk. Met aanteekeningen vermeerderd en nagezien door B.T. Lublink Weddik en P.H. Witkamp. Met twaalf platen en eene kaart.
Description: Amsterdam, C.L. Brinkman, o.J. (1856), in-8vo, IV + 502 p. + 1 ll., title with coloured title & Panorama Rigi (roundview in bl.&w.) + 12 lithogr. plates, cloth binding, spine gilt, covers blindpressed, some spots on first cover, spine sunned and partly loose. ¶ Second edition, corrected and enlarged. An interesting relation of the Dutch author's travels to the Alpes and through Switzerland. The Swiss mountains and many other beautiful sites with illustrations and a coloured map (Witkamp del. - Veelwaard sculpt.) and 12 colour lithographic views. The first edition was published in 1842 and 1843 in two volumes. The lithographic plates are showing: title with panoramic roundview in circle, title in colour / Zürich / Goldau / Lucern / Rütli / Meyringen / Aarval (waterfall) / Weilhorn - Wetterhorn / Sallenche / St. Bernhard / Col de Balme / Chamouni en de Mont-Blanc / Constanz + the folded map. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Wäber BSL III/-; Perret -.

Keywords: alpinism, mountaineering alpinisme Switzerland Suisse-Générale, Switzerland-general, Schweiz-allgemein tourism tourisme