Des Montagnes de la Terre. NOTICE Servant de Commentaire a un Tableau Comparatif de la Forme et de la Hauteur Principales Montagnes du Globe; Avec Un Appendice sur les Cascades les Plus Remarquables L. B. [BUCH L. Von -1948? or BRUYERE Mr?] Publisher: Chez Rey et Gravier Publish Year: 1827 Publish Place: Paris, Libraires, quai des Augustius, no. 55 Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008235 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £525 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information A very rare item on the Mountains of the World. First & only edition in contemporary quarter green calf over marbled boards, corners & edges worn, ms paper label to upper board. Spine, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles, upper & lower edges worn. Internally, ms note to fep, half title, printers details to verso, [4], 140 pp, marbled text block edges, half removed bookseller label to fpd, the ms note to fep states: Par Mr Bruyere, Sous intendant militaire à Saumur [he was the quarter master there?]. Very rare, no copies available commercially, none at auction and only 1 copy held by an institution, Cambridge Uni. (195*126 mm)
