Lot no. 59
Clowes (George). Forty-Six Days in Switzerland and the North of Italy. London, William Clowes and Son, 1856. In-8°, publisher's full red cloth binding, cold decoration on boards, gilt title on first board. Covers torn. First edition, illustrated with a fold-out map, a frontispiece, a title vignette and 3 fold-out panoramas (Bernese Alps, Mont Blanc range, Valais Alps). Rare account of a trip to Switzerland and Italy, including a ten-page description of the Chamonix valley with a fold-out panorama of the Mont-Blanc range seen from Le Brévent.
Perret, 1021-E
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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