Lot 435
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[ALPS, MONT BLANC, MOUNTAINEERING] BROWNE, JAMES D. HOWE
TEN SCENES IN THE LAST ASCENT OF MONT BLANC,
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
including Five Views from the Summit. London: Thomas McLean, 1853. First edition, large folio (555 x 374mm.), lithographed pictorial dedication (printed on card), and 10 lithographed plates, errata slip, original pictorial boards with original green cloth spine lettered in gilt, somewhat spotted, 2 plates with short marginal tear, lacks title, bookplate of Charles Thurston Holland, [Abbey Travel 65], binding slightly rubbed
Footnote
Note: One of the rarest mountaineering books. Abbey (65) calls for a lithographed title-page: "Incorporated in design of alpenstocks and ropes with vignettes, the letters of the words 'Mont Blanc' composed of vignettes, human figures, etc." Although the title-page is ostensibly missing the above description exactly correlates with the lithographed pictorial upper cover, and it is possible that this copy was originally sold with only a pictorial title on the upper cover.