[Rarebooks] FS: Ascent of Mont Blanc: 4 color printed plates by George Baxter, 1855; only 2 copies located

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MACGREGOR, J[ohn] and BAXTER, George. THE ASCENT OF MONT  BLANC, A
SERIES  OF  FOUR  VIEWS, PRINTED IN OIL COLOURS BY  GEORGE  BAXTER....
n.p.:  [1855].  First Edition. Small quarto (10" x 7-1/4")  consisting
of  integral  two  leaves  of   printed  text  comprising  MacGregor's
descriptions  of  each  plate  and four  color  printed  plates  (6" x
4-1/2")  by George Baxter mounted on stiff boards (10" x 7-1/4")  with
the  title  of the plate and Baxter's imprimatur blindstamped  on  the
board  below  each image. Housed in a slightly smaller  cloth  folding
portfolio  with  "OIL PRINTS" surrounded by an oval decorative  device
in  gilt on the front cover. Lewis: GEORGE BAXTER THE PICTURE PRINTER:
336,  336a,  336b, 336c. The images depict the treacherous ice  breaks
of  The Glacier du Tacconnay; Leaving the Grands Mulets; the steep and
deep  precipice of The Mur de la Cote; and The Summit. No copy sold at
auction  in  at least the past thirty years. OCLC locates copies  only
at UCLA and Harvard. Near Fine and exceptionally scarce.      $4500.00

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