Author: SMITH, ALBERT
Title: The Story of Mont Blanc
Description: 1853, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Bogue, 1853. 8vo, xii, 219p, 8p cat. Coloured frontispiece, text engravings. Armorial bookplate (E F Fitch), minor very light browning else VG nice clean copy in original orange blind-stamped cloth gilt. The first chapters describe the history of Chamonix and earlier ascents of Mont Blanc, followed by the excellent account of his own ascent. Neate S86. Perret 4074 'La premiere véritable monographie sur le Mont-Blanc. L'édition la plus recherchée'. A scarce classic. Very Good.

Keywords: Alps


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