WHYMPER Edouard, Escalades dans les Alpes de 1860 a 1869.

Escalades dans les Alpes de 1860 a 1869.

Ouvrage traduit de langlais avec lautorisation de lauteur par Adolphe Joanne et contenant 108 gravures et 6 cartes. Paris 1873, Librairie Hachette et Cie. 4, pp. IV, 431, [1], illustrations and maps on separate plates, psk. period binding, gilt lettering on spine.
On the facing page , Mier and Bończa coat of arms exlibris and Radziechów imprint. Coat of arms stamps "Radachowska Library". On the cover a library sticker - "Bibljoteka Radziechowska". Binding introlig. Signed "A.Getritz, Lviv, Rynek 41". Rubbing and soiling of the binding. Unw. stains of several pages, traces of flooding, own signature. Good condition. Climbs in the Alps in 1860-1869. The book describes, among other things, the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 and the terrible tragedy that followed - four men died as a result of the fall.