WHYMPER (Edward). Travels amongst the great Andes of the Equator. London, John Murray, 1892. In-8°, publisher's hardback. Second edition, illustrated with 138 wood engravings by Whymper including 20 hors-texte plates, a lithographed map, a folded plan, a facsimile folded map and a folded map in a flap at the end of the volume. Account of an expedition to the Andes of Ecuador by the famous British mountaineer, guided by Jean-Antoine Carrel, with a double ascent of Chimborazo and an ascent of Cotopaxi. One of Whymper's most important works. This second edition appeared in the same year as the original. Without the volume of scientific appendices. The corners of the folding map in fine are consolidated with tape. Perret, 4559 - ACL p. 337 Also included: - VERNET (Jean): Nos amies les cimes. Tales of climbing in the Alps. Paris, J. Susse, 1948. in-8°, paperback. First edition, illustrated with photographs by Georges Vernet. A tired copy (spine taped, back cover missing...). - GOS (Charles) : Alpinisme anecdotique. Neuchâtel, Victor Attinger, 1934. In-8°, paperback. First edition. An evocation of the history of mountaineering. This work inaugurated Victor Attinger's "Montagne" collection.