[Rarebooks] FS: Bakewell's Travels in the Grecian and Swiss Alps, 1823, illustrated
Charles Agvent
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BAKEWELL, Robert. TRAVELS, COMPRISING OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A
RESIDENCE IN THE TARENTAISE, AND VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GRECIAN AND
PENNINE ALPS AND IN SWITZERLAND AND AUVERGNE, IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821,
AND 1822. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et. al, 1823. First Edition. Two
octavo (5-3/4" x 9") in modern brown leather-backed cloth with burgundy
gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Illustrated with drawings and four
lovely hand-colored views. Much on the geology and life of these
regions. Ink library stamps on the verso of the title pages; no other
markings. Near Fine. $1,000.00
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