RUTHNER (Anton von). Aus Tirol. Berg und Gletscher - Reisen in den osterreichischen Hochalpen. Vienna, Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1869. In-8°, publisher's purple cloth binding, boards decorated with cold decoration, front cover with a gilt mountaineer in the centre, smooth spine decorated with gilt title, speckled edges. First edition, illustrated with a fold-out map and 4 chromolithographs out of text. Memories of climbs in the Tyrol. Scattered foxing. Uncommon. Anton von Ruthner (Vienna 1819 - Salzburg 1897) was an Austrian mountaineer who played a considerable role in the conquest of the Eastern Alps during the golden age of mountaineering; in particular, he is credited with the first ascents of the Gross Venediger in the Hohe Tauern (1841), the Schwarzenstein in the Zillertal (1858) and the Ruderhofspitze in the Stubai Alps (1864). These writings helped to raise the profile of mountaineering in the Eastern Alps.