Lot 537
E. Whymper, Scrambles amongst the alps in the years 1860-69. London 1871.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
537
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Edward Whymper
Whymper, Edward: Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69. London: Murray 1871. 22,5 x 15,5 cm. With frontispiece, 19 plates, 5 fold-out maps and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. XVIII pp., 1 leaf, 432 pp. Green original linen with blind-embossed cover fillets and spine decoration
(Cover scuffed and bumped; damage to the headbands. Binding partly come apart; some plates and pages partly detached. Margins browned.)
Richly illustrated accounts by the renowned English mountaineer Edward Whymper (1840–1911) of his mountain expeditions in the Alps, including many first ascents, such as those of Mont Pelvoux and the Matterhorn, during which four of his companions lost their lives.
(Cover scuffed and bumped; damage to the headbands. Binding partly come apart; some plates and pages partly detached. Margins browned.)
Richly illustrated accounts by the renowned English mountaineer Edward Whymper (1840–1911) of his mountain expeditions in the Alps, including many first ascents, such as those of Mont Pelvoux and the Matterhorn, during which four of his companions lost their lives.