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Umlauft, F.

The Alps

1889

129,72 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1889
Luogo di stampa
London. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.
Autore
Umlauft, F.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Europe Mountaineering
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xii, 523 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 2 foldout colored maps, 110 illustrations including 30 full-page plates, all from drwgs, tables, index of places, mountains, rivers, etc. original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine darkened but gilt spine title lettering visible, minor foxing in few margins, but a very good sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. 'Professor Umlauft is, as far as I am able to ascertain, the first writer who has collected into one work, not only the topography of the entire range of the Alps, but also an account of the scientific, historical, and ethnological features of the great mountain system' (Lousa Brough, preface). Includes chapters on flora and fauna, geology, alpine roads and railways, avalanches and glaciers, etc.