Travel
FRESHFIELD, Jane (Mrs. Henry)
A Summer Tour in the Grisons and Italian Valleys of the Bernina.
Longman, London 1862. First edition. 8vo., [x], 292pp., 2 folding coloured maps, 4 tinted lithograph plates, ads to pastedowns, small light stain to lower outer corner of title, corners bumped, short splits to joints repaired, a very nice copy.
The Freshfield family were very keen mountaineers. Jane Freshfield's husband Henry was an early member of the Alpine Club and their son Douglas was one of the greatest mountaineers in history. She wrote this title as a guide for intrepid Victorian ladies so that they " may now enjoy the wildest scenes of mountain grandeur with comparative ease " Neate F74; Perret 1765.
Price: £ 650
US Dollar Price: $ 970
Stock Number: 51093