FIRST EDITION, 4to 40 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, elaborately decorated in blind and gilt borders, paneled in gilt fillets, enclosing a central gilt lozenge, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, pink endpapers, all edges gilt, narrow inner gilt dentelle. A beautiful album of the valley of Chamonix, illustrated by the best landscape artists of the time. RARE and much sought after for the quality of the illustrations. Coloured plates in order: 1. Valley of Maglan. 2. Cascade of Nant of Arenas. 3. View of the Bridge of St. Martin. 4. View of Mont-Blanc and the Valley of Sallenche. 5. Lake of Chede. 6. Falls of Arve. 7. Mountain of the Fiz. 8. View of the Buet. 9. Chapel of Ouches. 10. View of Mont-Blanc and the Valley of Chamouni. 11. View taken from the Flegere. 12. View of Montanvert. 13. View taken from the Couvercle. 14. Source of the Arveiron. 15. Glacier of the Woods. 16. View of the Valley of Chamouni, taken from the Col de Balme. 17. Passage of the Tete Noire. 18. View of Valais, taken from Forclaz. 19. Baths of St. Gervais. 20. Cascade of St. Gervais. 21. Village of St. Gervais. 22. View of the Valley of Chamouni, taken from the Pavillion of Bellevue. 23. Glacier of Bionnassey, taken from the Pavillion of Bellevue. 24. Valley of Bionnassey. 25. Chapel of Notre Dame de la Gorge. 26. Ice Mountain of Trelatete. 27. Heights of the Glacier of Trelatete. 28. Defile of La Seigne. 29. Lake Combal and Glacier of Miage. 30. Lake Combal and Glacier of Allee-Blanche. 31. Valley of Courmayeur. 32. Mont-Blanc, taken from the Valley of Courmayeur. 33. The Géant seen from Courmayeur. 34. View of Jorasses and the Valley of Entreves. 35. View of the Jorasses, taken from Val-Ferret. 36. Glacier of Triolet. 37. Glacier of Mont-Dolent. 38. Hospice of St. Bernard, seen from the Valais. 39. Hospital of St. Bernard. 40. The Drance, near St. Branchier.