SAUSSURE (Horace-Bénédict de). Travels in the Alps, Preceded - Lot 207

SAUSSURE (Horace-Bénédict de). Travels in the Alps, Preceded by an Essay on the Natural History of the Vicinity of Geneva. Neuchâtel, Louis Fauche-Borel, 1803 [1796 for volumes VI, VII, and VIII]. 8 in-8 volumes, fawn half-basane, plain, unmarked spine, red title labels and black volume numbering, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Famous work by Saussure (1740–1799), one of the founding fathers of mountaineering and the scientific exploration of the Alps. Composite copy, with the last three volumes in the 1796 edition; it includes 2 maps, 4 fold-out tables, and 19 (out of 22?) copperplate engravings. The last page of the table of contents in Volume VI is missing. Binding is scuffed; there is a tear in the cap bands.

Estimate:£250.39

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