BAUD-BOVY (Daniel). La Meije et les Écrins. Grenoble, Grattier et Rey, 1908. In-4°, publisher's full black chagrin binding on bisautés boards, author and title gilt on the first cover, ribbed spine decorated with fleurons with gilt title, covers preserved. Original edition, illustrated with 50 vignettes and 25 hors-texte plates based on paintings by Ernest Hareux. Edition of 606 numbered copies (no. 56). One of the most beautiful illustrated books on mountaineering; the talent of the Dauphiné painter Ernest Hareux perfectly captures the atmosphere of the climbs of the Ecrins and the Meije. Peter Obergfell's bookplate glued to the flyleaf. Copies in this fine publisher's binding are very rare. Perret, 0300 - Regards sur les Alpes 100