Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, made during the summer of 1827.. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, made during the summer of 1827.

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 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. Neate H55; Perret 2186.