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HAWES, William [and] Charles FELLOWS.

Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc,

Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc,

made during the summer of 1827.

Stock Code 114894

For Benjamin Hawes, Junior, by Arthur Taylor 1828

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Privately printed issue. This is a privately printed issue by Benjamin Hawes for his brother William who accompanied Charles Fellows on the fourteenth ascent of Mont Blanc. This charming production contains the plate of heights as a frontispiece and four hand-coloured lithographs including a double page one by Samuel Birman. The plates include Chamonix, The Glacier des Boissons, the Ascent of Saussure in 1787. Benjamin Hawes was a British Whig politician.

Privately printed edition. 4to, (20 x 25 cm), lithographed frontispiece, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates pasted down on three separate leaves, one double-page hand-coloured lithograph, one folding facsimile letter, inscription on free endpaper, small lithograph inserted loose, bookplates, decorated endpapers; bound in full contemporary morocco, gilt lettered on upper cover, worn at extremities; overall a very good copy; 35pp

Neate H55; Perret 2186.

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Armorial bookplate: Ex libris G. Wüthrich: exlibris Peter Obergell.

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