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SMITH, ALBERT. The Story of Mont Blanc. Hand-colored lithographed frontispiece depicting Saussure's ascent. xii, 219, [1], 8 pages, including publisher's ads at end. 12mo, 198x122 mm, original gilt- and blind-blocked orange cloth, spine slightly darkened, moderate soiling on covers, spine ends and cover corners bumped; contents generally clean apart from minor foxing on frontispiece, title, and fore edges, and later owner's inscription on front free endpaper. London: David Bogue, 1853
first edition, substantially revised and enlarged from an 1852 article in Blackwood's Magazine. Abbey Travel 66; Farquhar/Cox 10; Neate S86; not in Meckly, who cites a privately printed edition in book form of the magazine article.
