Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FELLOWS, CHARLES, Sir. Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc. 10 uncolored lithographed plates; engraved table. [2], vii, [1], 35, [1] pages, including half-title, lithographed vignette title, and lithographed plate reproducing certificate of ascent. 4to, 303x245 mm, modern 1/4 leatherette; contents clean and bright apart from minor marginal foxing on a few leaves; uncut. London: (Thomas Davison), 1827

Additional Details

first edition, privately printed, limited to only fifty copies. Fellows made the ascent together with William Hawes (see lot 248). Meckly 71; Neate F18; Perret 1605.