Lot no. 210
TEN-HAMME (Joë Diericx de). A tourist's guide. Twenty-five Belgians at Mont Blanc. Detailed itineraries of 12 and 15 days in Switzerland. Brussels, Delevigne and Callewaert, 1869. In-8°, full cloth binding, smooth spine with gilt title, cover partly preserved and rebacked (Modern binding). Uncommon first edition of this tourist guide describing the Chamonix valley and Mont Blanc.
It is illustrated with a double-page colour map, a frontispiece and 6 out-of-text views heliolithographed using the Asser and Toovey processes. A good copy, free of foxing.
Perret, 4218 - ACL p. 309 - Not in Meckly
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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