JOANNE (Adolphe). Itinéraire descriptif et historique de la Suisse, du Jura français, de Baden-Baden et de la Forêt-Noire, de la Chartreuse de Grenoble et des eaux d'Aix, du Mont-Blanc, de la vallée de Chamouni, du Grand-Saint-Bernard et du Mont-Rose. Paris, Paulin, 1841. In-12, half calf binding, 5 ribbed spine, gilt fillets and title to spine (Period binding). First edition of the first Joanne guide. It is illustrated with a coloured heraldic frontispiece and three folded plates: two Alpine panoramas (Bernese Alps and Mont Blanc massif) and a large map of Switzerland printed on canvas. This is a rare first edition. A copy with 28 hors-texte views, including 2 aquatints, 25 lithographs (all on Chamonix and Mont-Blanc, most after Dubois) and a steel engraving. Some plates are foxed. Armorial bookplate of Martineau des Chesnez pasted on the flyleaf, bookplate of Peter Obergfell on the first endpaper, Zellweger stamp on the second endpaper. A very fine copy. Perret, n°2374.