Lot 101 - A206 Livres & Autographes - mercredi, 20. septembre 2023, 14h00
ALPINISM -
Agassiz, Louis.
Untersuchungen über die Gletscher. Text and atlas in 2 volumes. With 18 lithographed plates by J. Bettanier and 14 outline lithographs on the endpapers.
Neuchâtel and Solothurn, Jent and Gassmann for the author, 1840-41. 8°. XII, 326 p., [1] sheet. Modern half-leather binding with a gold-stamped title on the spine and the original front cover of the brochure bound in; Quarto (large folio). Contemporary half-leather binding with the original front cover mounted (corners and edges bumped, somewhat stained and dusty)
DSB I, 74 - PMM 309 - Roller/G. I, 14 - Heralds of Science 98 - Lonchamp 14b. - Poggendorff I, 16. - The first German edition, published just a few months after the French original edition. - A groundbreaking work in glaciology and the study of ice ages. Although Agassiz later became one of Darwin's opponents, he is still considered one of his precursors. The beautiful plates depict glaciers, moraine formations, etc. - The plates have some slight finger or foxing marks in the margins.
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Vendu pour CHF 3 750 (frais inclus)
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