The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains
The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains | Libri antichi e moderni | Berlepsch, H.
The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains
The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains | Libri antichi e moderni | Berlepsch, H.
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Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1861
- Luogo di stampa
- London. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
- Autore
- Berlepsch, H.
- Edizione
- First edition.
- Soggetto
- Travel - Europe
- Lingue
- Inglese
- Prima edizione
- True
Descrizione
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; iv, iv, 407 pp, tinted frontis and 16 plates, lightly tinted as issued. contemporary half green leather, gilt title lettering on spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilted, original ribbon bookmark, covers rubbed at edges, but very good with clean near fine interior, very minor foxing on some leaves. A picture of th BMC II:1044.637. The author describes the geography, forests, alpine roses, valleys, clouds, waterfalls, mountain snowstorms, red snow, avalanches, glacier, alpine summits, mountain passes and alpine roads, the hospices, chalet life, the Alp horn, Alpine feasts, village life in the mountains, etc, with excellent illustrations.