Travel
DUCOMMUN, J[ules] -C[ésar],
Une Excursion au Mont-Blanc. Avec trois planches.
Geneve 1858. First edition. 8vo (21.5 x 14 cms), 31pp, 3 plates at rear, title-page laid down, corner of first page repaired, pages browned, decorated endpapers, small bookseller's label , rebound in later turquoise cloth, title printed in gilt along spine; an attractive copy.
Ducommun climbed Mont Blanc in 1858 with nine other Swiss mountaineers and the attractive plates depict views of the ascent. He published a second edition of this title 1859. However the first edition is very uncommon and rarely appears on the market. Perret 1417.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1130
Stock Number: 58225