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AULDJO, JOHN. Narrative of an Ascent . . . of Mont Blanc. 17 uncolored lithographed plates after drawings by Auldjo, 6 of them mounted India proofs; plate reproducing certificate of ascent; 2 hand-colored tables of comparative mountain heights; 2 maps, the first hand-colored in outline. ix, [3], 120 pages, including half-title. 4to, 321x255 mm, original(?) gray boards, crudely rebacked with brown paper, spine chipped at top, title added in ball point pen; contents loose in binding, clean apart from foxing on pages facing plates, contemporary owner's signature on half-title, prospectus for an unrelated work tipped to front free endpaper; uncut. full-margined copy. London: (Thomas Davison for) Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828
first edition. Auldjo made his ascent a little over two weeks after Fellows and Hawes (see lots 224 and 248). "His book was the first to popularize Mont Blanc and its influence persisted until the 1850s and the 'Golden Age' of mountaineering"--Neate A75. Farquhar/Cox 8; Meckly 8.
