Author: WUNDT, Theodor
Title: Das Matterhorn und seine Geschichte. In luftigen Höh'n. Skizzen aus dem Bergsteigerleben. Herausgegeben von der Sektion Berlin des deutschen und österreichischen Alpenvereins. - [First edition].
Description: Berlin, Raimund Mitscher, [1896]. 28 x 20 cm. [6],192 pp. Original decorated cloth [after Doré] by P. Schnorr. With frontispiece 'Die Katastrophe vom 14. Juli 1865' after Doré, 1 double-page plate, 31 [collotype & half-tone] plates, and numerous illustrations in text. - First edition of this classic on the mountain of mountains 'The Matterhorn' by General, mountaineer, photographer Theodor Karl Wilhelm Wundt (1858-1929). Includes also the famous plate 'Die Ankunft auf dem Gipfel' [The First Ascent of the Matterhorn] after Gustave Doré- Name in ink verso endpaper; few lvs loose or decently taped [185/186 on wrong place], else a very good and clean copy.

Keywords: bergbeklimmen; moutaineering; zwitserland; switzerland


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