[Rarebooks] FS: Brockedon's ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PASSES OF THE ALPS with 96 Steel Engravings & 13 Maps
Charles Agvent
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Tue Jun 8 15:07:12 EDT 2021
BROCKEDON, William. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PASSES OF THE ALPS, BY WHICH
ITALY COMMUNICATES WITH FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY. London:
Printed for the author, 1828 - 1829. First Edition. Two large quarto
(8-1/2" x 11-1/2") volumes bound in contemporary half brown morocco
leather and marbled boards with morocco corners, lettered in gilt on the
spines, signed A. Macomie. Illustrated with 96 fine steel-engraved
plates with tissue guards and 13 engraved maps including one folding.
Brockedon describes in words, images, and maps 12 mountain passes
including The Little St. Bernard; The Mont Genevre, The Mont Cenis, The
Mont St. Gothard, The Great St. Bernard, The Stelvio, The Cornice, The
Grimsel and the Gries, The Bernardin and The Splugen, The Brenner, The
Tendre and The Argentiere, and The Simplon. Minimal foxing, slight
darkening to the very edges of the plates, but a very clean, superior
copy. Bindings with just light wear. Near Fine.
Brockedon traversed the Alps 58 times, crossing more than 40 different
passes, in the course of his researches. (#017297) $1,500
Here is a link to another copy if you wish to see more of the book:
https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsof01broc#page/2/mode/2up
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