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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd. Fribourg, Switzerland

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55 <strong>Harteveld</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>Ltd</strong>., CH-1700 <strong>Fribourg</strong><br />

Exemplar. HRB 82752 2800.-<br />

First edition in a very fine and clean copy complete with the very<br />

large folded petrographic - geological map and 3 other folded<br />

maps. Very rare. The nice full cloth binding, with gilt lettering<br />

on spine probably dates from the second half of the 19th century.<br />

Divided into 2 parts with continuous numeration and each with a<br />

specific title page (the first not numb.). A compilation and large<br />

extracts of the travels of Mr. Spix & Mr. Martius mixed with his<br />

own observations and travels, a.o. to the diamond-districts near<br />

Sabara, Tijuco and others. One year before the publication of<br />

Eschwege’s important work ‘Pluto Brasiliensis’ (Reimer 1833).<br />

Count Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1777-1855) stayed in<br />

Brazil from 1809 till 1830 and from 1834 till 1850, where he<br />

served as general director of gold mining and director of the<br />

imperial mineralogy cabinet. Sabin 22829; Borba de Moraes I,<br />

p. 294; Poggendorff I, 682-83.<br />

308. Das Faulhorn im Grindelwald. Ein Topographie-<br />

und Panorama-Gemälde, entworfen von mehreren Alpen<br />

Freunden. Hrsg. v. J.J. Schweizer (Mit Beiträgen von Gottlieb<br />

und Bernhard Studer, Dan. Wyss, Guthnick, usw.).<br />

Bern, C.A. Jenni, 1832, in-8vo, VIII (inkl. Titelbl.) + 56<br />

S. + 1 mehrfach gefalt. «Panorama du Faulhorn im Berner-Oberland»<br />

(von Franz Schmid), etwas stockfleckig,<br />

Titelbl. mit Stempel, Hlwd. (Bibl.). HRB 52201 450.-<br />

309. FERRAND, Henri: & GODEFROY, René: Volume<br />

factice de seize pt. écrits et extraits, dont quatorze par<br />

Henri Ferrand et deux de René Godefroy. 1876 - 1924, gr.<br />

in-8vo, les brochures ont conservé leur premier plat, sans<br />

indication du lieu d’imprimé (c’est Grenoble), reliure en<br />

d.-cuir, dos à 4 nerfs avec auteur ‘Godefroy’ et ‘Oeuvres’<br />

et un fer spécial aux ‘attributs de l’alpinisme’. Tête dorée.<br />

Bel exemplaire. HRB 83047 1650.-<br />

47<br />

Voici le contenu: René Godefroy: Le Massif du Mont Pourri.<br />

1901, 62 p., ill. de 5 pl. photogr. + 1 carte du Massif / 2) H.<br />

Ferrand: Excursion à la Brèche de Lauvitel. Paris, 1876, 19 p. ill.<br />

croquis. / 3) Idem: Statistique des premières ascensions des pics<br />

du Massif de l’Oisans. Par ordre d’Altitude avec une Table par<br />

ordre Alphabétique. 1903, 35 p. / 4) Idem: Le Pic de Belledonne<br />

et son premier Guide le Père Marquet. 1924,19 p. 1 pl. photogr. /<br />

5) Idem: Variétés alpines. 1880, 84 p. / 6) Ferrand: Le Col de la<br />

Fraîche et la Neige Rouge. 1879, 20 p. / 7) IDEM / 8) Ferrand,<br />

H.: Excursion au Pic du Merlet. 1882, 19 p. / 9) Ferrand, H.:<br />

Dans les Montagnes des Sept Laux. 1907, 14 p. , 1 pl. photogr.<br />

/ 10) Ferrand, H.: Ascension de Puyy-Gris (2,960 m.). 1886, 18<br />

p. / 11) (Massif d’Allevard) par un nouveau passage. 1886, 18 p.<br />

/ 12) Le Massif de la Seigne. Lyon 1899. 17 p. + 1 pl. photogr.<br />

/ 13) Godefroy, René: Le Massif de Charbonel. Corbeil, 1907,<br />

42 p. + 1 ff. Liste d’Ill. + 7 ill. photogr. sur pl. / 14) Ferrand, H.:<br />

Une Collective de trois jours. Le col d’Aussois. Le Rateau. et<br />

la Point de L’Echeller (14-15-16 Juillet 1905). 1905, 22 p., + 2<br />

pl. photogr. / 15) Ascension de la Pointe Joanne (3,054 mètres).<br />

1895,8 p. + 1 pl. photogr. / 16) Ferrand, H.: Le Pic de l’Oeillete.<br />

1902, 8p. + 1 pl. photogr.<br />

310. FORBES, James D. (David) (1809-1868): Occasional<br />

papers on the theory of glaciers, now first collected<br />

and chronologically arranged. With a prefatory note on<br />

the recent progress and present aspect of the theory. Edinburgh,<br />

(R. and R. Clark for) Adam and Charles Black,<br />

1859, gr. in-8°, chromolithogr. frontispiece + XXX + 278<br />

p., ill. with 29 fig. + 9 lithogr. plates, blind-stamped library<br />

stamp on fly-leaf, restored original publishers cloth. Fine<br />

copy. HRB 33153 750.-<br />

First edition of one of the highlights on early scientific researches<br />

of the glaciers. James Forbes was professor of natural philosophy<br />

in the University of Edinburgh. As a scientific investigator he is<br />

best known for his researches on heat and on glaciers. Studying<br />

the flow of glaciers he developed a theory which involved him<br />

in some controversy with Tyndall and others both as to priority

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