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AULDJO, John. Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the 8th and 9th August 1827. London: Thomas Davison for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828.
4° (322 x 242mm). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Half-title, title, dedication, list of plates, 2 folding maps, 1 hand-coloured in outline, folding panorama, 2 hand-coloured tables, including 1 folding, and 18 lithographic plates by J. D. Harding and others after the author, Birmann and Coignet, some on India paper. (Some spotting to text and plates, clean tear to lower blank margin of folding table, outer edges of fly-leaf and half-title neatly strengthened.) Old boards (rebacked and cornered). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (inscribed to Mrs. A. J. (?)Wakins.) FIRST EDITION.
4° (322 x 242mm). LARGE-PAPER COPY. Half-title, title, dedication, list of plates, 2 folding maps, 1 hand-coloured in outline, folding panorama, 2 hand-coloured tables, including 1 folding, and 18 lithographic plates by J. D. Harding and others after the author, Birmann and Coignet, some on India paper. (Some spotting to text and plates, clean tear to lower blank margin of folding table, outer edges of fly-leaf and half-title neatly strengthened.) Old boards (rebacked and cornered). Provenance: AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY (inscribed to Mrs. A. J. (?)Wakins.) FIRST EDITION.