SAUSSURE (Horace-Benedict de). Travels in the Alps, preceded by an Essay on the natural history of the surroundings of Geneva. Neuchâtel, S. Fauche, 1779 [volume 1]; Geneva, Barde et Manget, or Fauche-Borel, 1786 [volume 2] 1796 [volumes 3 and 4]. 4 volumes in-4°, (volume 1 in a slightly different binding), marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (period binding).
Volume 1 : [4]-36-540-[1]-1bl. pages. 1 map, 8 engravings out of 7 folding (plates 5 and 6 on the same page) - Volume 2 : [4]-16-641-[1] pages. 1 map, 2 tables and 6 plates - Volume 3 : [4]-20-532-[2] pages. 2 plates - Volume 4 : [4]-594-[2] pages. 6 plates of which 1 simple. In total 2 maps, 2 tables, 22 engravings on 21 plates.
"ONE OF THE MAIN WORKS EVER WRITTEN ON THE ALPINE CHAIN. It contains numerous developments concerning the flora, the geology and the glaciers, but also relates the attempts to climb Mont Blanc, the first ascents including that of Saussure in 1787, as well as the stay that he made at the Giant pass. The plates were drawn by Bourrit and Théodore de Saussure, nephew of the author, and engraved by Geissier, Töpffer and Wexelberg" (Perret, 3911). Small differences of iron on the spine of volume 1, small lacks and defects. First edition for volume 2.
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