SAUSSURE (Horace-Bénédict de). Reisen durch die Alpen nebst einem versuche über die Naturgeschichte der Gegenden von Genf. Leipzig, ed. J.-F. Junius, 1781-1788. 4 volumes in-8°, half basane binding with corners, ornate smooth spines, title-piece on the spines, yellow edges (German binding of the period). Rare first German edition of the first two volumes of Saussure's Voyages dans les Alpes (this edition does not include the last two volumes published in Neuchâtel only in 1796). Illustrated with two fold-out maps and 14 copper-engraved fold-out hors-texte views. From the library of Antoine Victor de Habsbourg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria (1779-1835), with his monogram gilt on the spines. Diener bookplate pasted on the flyleaves. A good copy of fine provenance.