Dezember 2019 (A155) - Auction: 13.12.2019, 10:15
–Auction completed
* 3064. Auldjo, John
Narrative of an Ascent of the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August 1827. London, Longman u.a., 1828. Gr'4°. IX, 1 S., 1 Bl. "List of Plates", 120 S. Mit 17 lith. Taf. (davon 7 auf aufgewalztem China), 4 (3 kol.), teils. gef. Karten u. 1 lith. mehrf. gef. Panorama des Mont Blanc. HLdr.Bd. - Äusserst breitrandiges Exemplar. Durchgehend etwas wasserandig. Der Text teilweise leicht gebräunt.
- Neate 38; Dreyer 598; Cox Classics of Mountaineering, Farquhar Collection, 8; Neate A75
- Erste Ausgabe einer der frühesten Monographien über eine Mont-Blanc Besteigung.
- John Richardson Auldjo (1805–1886), war ein kanadisch-britischer Reisender, Geologe, Schriftsteller und Künstler. Er war britischer Konsul in Genf.
Estimate: CHF 360 - 460EUR 330 – 420
Hammer Price: CHF 360
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