BROCKEDON (WILLIAM)


Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by Which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, 96 engraved plates, 13 engraved maps, all on India proof paper before letters, occasional light spotting, tissue guards, contemporary green morocco gilt, covers with elaborate roll-tooled border, spine tooled in 6 compartments within raised bands, g.e., a few very small scuffmarks but generally very clean [Neate B170], folio (415 x 275mm.), for the Author, 1828-1829
|Based upon the author's exploration of all the alpine crossings during journeys undertaken in 1825, 1826, 1828, and 1829. "By his own estimate, Brockedon had crossed the Alps nearly sixty times by thirty different routes" (ODNB).Provenance: William Ogilvy Dalgleish of Errol (1832-1913), bookplate.