CATELIN (Edmond de). Le Mont-Blanc, deuxième ascension scientifique de M. le docteur W. Pitschner, professeur à l'Ecole Polytechnique Royale de Berlin, du 30 août au 16 septembre 1861: rapport sommaire. Geneva, Veresoff, 1876. In-8, 32 pp. paperback, printed beige cover. First edition. During this second ascent of Mont Blanc, Dr Pitschner spent a fortnight at Les Grands Mulets, where he made astronomical observations. He climbed the highest point of the Grands Mulets rocks, which still bears his name today. Pitschner himself published the story of his first ascent of Mont Blanc in 1859 in a book accompanied by a sumptuous atlas that is no longer available. A rare brochure published by the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix. Also by the same author (under the pseudonym of Stephen d'Arve): Les fastes du Mont Blanc. In-8°, half-bassane binding with corners (period binding) (spotting, corners dull). Geneva, Veresoff, 1876. First edition of this important monograph on Mont Blanc, published one year before Charles Durier's. Perret, 0878 and 0151-B - Regards sur les Alpes 74-C