Travel
FORBES, James
Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain with observations on the phenomena of glaciers.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1845. Second edition. Large 8vo, (26 x 18 cms),xvi, 460pp. illustrated with 9 full page coloured lithographs including frontispiece, tissue guards, large folding engraved map by W. and A.K. Johnston after Forbes dated 1842 (corrected to 1845), numerous smaller sketch maps and illustrations in text, bookplates, slight spotting on reverse of plates, bound in recent half calf, decorated boards, spine gilt decorated, red morocco labels; a very attractive copy.
James David Forbes (1809-1868), physicist, spent several months in the Alps during the period 1840-42. His "travels and glacier investigations ... yielded scientific results of the first importance" (DNB). Neate F45.
Price: £ 650
US Dollar Price: $ 1290
Stock Number: 55450