ENGELHARDT (Christian Moritz). Naturschilderungen, Sittenzüge und wissenschaftliche Bemerkungen aus den höchsten Schweizer-Alpen, besonders in Sud-Wallis und Graubünden... Paris, Treuttel & Wurtz, 1840-1848 In-8°, bound in full green paper with title page on spine (Modern binding). First edition, illustrated with 5 hors-texte plates lithographed by Th. Müller after drawings by the author. Text volume only, without the atlas. A descriptive work on the Swiss Alps. The views in the text volume show: 1) the capital of the Church of St Catherine in Sion - 2) the Louëche baths - 3) the Zmutt glacier and the Matterhorn - 4) Monte Rosa - 5) the glacier and source of the Rhine. The addendum with the author's corrections added in 1848 is appended at the end. Perret, 1509-A