London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861, First edition. . 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. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; iv, iv, 407 pp, tinted frontis and 16 plates, lightly tinted as issued. . 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. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Bookseller: Horizon Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: J7868
Title: The Alps or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains
Author: BERLEPSCH, H.;
Format/Binding: Contemporary half green leather, gilt title lettering on spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilted, original ribbon b
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861, First edition.
Size: 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; iv, iv, 407 pp
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - Europe;

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