VOYAGES DANS LES ALPES Precedes d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve (Vol 2 only)
by DE SAUSSURE, Horace Benedict
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Geneva, Switzerland: Chez Barde, Manget & Comp, 1786. 641pp illus with beautiful fold-out engraved plates. 19th century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. Containing De Saussure's account of the natural history of Geneva and its environs along with the record of his explorations in the area of Mont Blanc. De Saussure has been called the father of alpinism; between 1774 and 1787 he performed extensive geological investigations of the Alpine region, which he saw as holding the key to a true theory of the earth. Book is tight, clean and beautiful plates are in excellent clean condition with no tears. French text.. 1st Edition. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011313
- Title
- VOYAGES DANS LES ALPES Precedes d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve (Vol 2 only)
- Author
- DE SAUSSURE, Horace Benedict
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Barde, Manget & Comp
- Place of Publication
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1786
- Keywords
- Switzerland, Alps, Geneva, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History;
- Size
- 4to
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...