WALCHER (Joseph). Nachrichten von den Eisbergen in Tyrol Vienna, Kurzböck, 1773. In-8°, bound in half tan basane with green corners, smooth spine decorated with title page. Joints rubbed and partially split, headbands torn off (contemporary binding). First edition, illustrated with a title vignette, 2 vignettes in the text and 5 folding plates etched in fine. An important work describing the glaciers of the Tyrol. Rare first edition (the second published in Leipzig the same year is less rare). Paper uniformly scorched. Monogram hidden by two paper pastilles on the title.