BOURRIT (Marc-Théodore). Nouvelle description des vallées de glace et des hautes montagnes qui forment la chaîne des Alpes pennines et rhétiennes. - Followed by:] Nouvelle description des glacières et glaciers de Savoye. Genève, Paul Barde, 1783-1785. 3 volumes in-8, seeded calf, gilt roulette and grecque, smooth ornate spine, red title page and blue tomilic umbilicus, smooth edges (Binding of the period). New edition, dedicated to King Louis XVI. It is illustrated with a fold-out map of the Alps, 13 out-of-text etched views by Moitte based on the author's drawings, 3 vignettes and 25 culs-de-lampe. The plates depict various glaciers, a view of the Valais and the Rhône, the Devil's Bridge, the Grindelwald glacier, Lake Chède and Mont Blanc, and the Chamonix valley. A very fine copy in elegant, fresh contemporary bindings. Stamped with the initials WGK surrounded by the motto Lire et méditer (Read and meditate) on the false titles. From the library of Dr Bernard Blanc (2010, no. 462).