May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 359

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
GILBERT, JOSIAH; and CHURCHILL, GEORGE CHEETHAM. The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863. 6 chromolithographed plates; wood-engraved text illustrations; 2 folding maps. 8vo, contemporary red calf by Hodgson of Liverpool, spine richly gilt with morocco lettering piece, minor wear; scattered foxing, generally not affecting plates, lacks half-title. 19th-century armorial bookplate of the Earl of Derby. London, 1864

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first edition. Neate G18 ("an Alpine travel classic").