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ALBANIS-BEAUMONT, Vicomte Adalbert de.
Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps; from Lyons to Turin.
Superb views of cities and alpine landscapes (Lyon, Geneva, Cluse, Lusanne, Vevey, Sion, St. Gotthard, Martigny, St. Bernard, etc.). First edition of this detailed travel report on the Lepontine Alps, artistically illustrated. The author, an excellent artist of Savoyard origins (Chambery 1753-1811), was an officer of Carlo Emanuele IV and published in addition to this, three other similar works, on the Cottian, Graian, and Maritime Alps.
- Published
- London: G.G. and J. Robinson, T Payne, Paternoster Row 1800
- References
- Abbey, Travel, 53; Cox I, p. 169
- Plates
- 25
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: G.G. and J. Robinson, T Payne, Paternoster Row 1800
- Ref
- 1239
A collection of beautiful views of the Alps. Large folio. Contemporary half brown morocco, spine ribbed. Engraved title with a hand-coloured illustration of a house in the Alps, separate printed title, double-page folding engraved map coloured in outlines, engraved plan of Lyon, and 25 fine hand-coloured engraved views of the Lepontine Alps, all by A. Beaumont. (6), 218 pp. FIRST EDITION of a beautifully illustrated travel book on the Lepontine Alps. The plates in the present publication are numbered 1 to 27. (2 plates being maps of 'the route from Lyon to Turin' and the other being a town plan of Lyon). The text contains many interesting topographical and historical information on this part of the Alps. A good copy of a rare coloured plate book, with the bookplate of Alfred C. Buckley, of Bury in Lancashire to the front pastedown. Binding rubbed and worm - some plates slightly stained and browned at outer margins. This state carries no titles except No.4. Coloured plates on order: [Title page]. 1. Lyons. 2. Aqueduct built by the Romans 3. [2 images on page] Voltaire's Tomb / Roman Theatre at Lyons. 4. Cascade and Lake of Nantua. 5. Continuation of Lake Nantua. 6. Representation of Lake Nantua. 7. Loss of The Rhone. 8. Reappearance of The Rhone. 9. Fort of Cluse. 10. Ferney. 11. Geneva. 12. Versoix. 13. Morges. 14. Lausanne. 15. Vevay. 16. Salt Works at Bex, Canton of Berne. 17. Bridge of St. Maurice On The Rhone. 18. Martigni and the Valley of The Rhone. 19. Glacier La Valpeline. 20. Summit of the Great St. Bernard, including the Hospice or Convent. 21. Sion. 22. Source of The Rhone and Glacier of La Furca. 23. Ascent of the St. Gothard. 24. Hospice on the St. Gothard. 25. The Devil's Bridge.
