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Lot 186
[MOUNTAINEERING] FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W. The Exploration of the Caucasus.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. First trade edition. Two volumes, publisher's cloth backed green boards. 10 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (27.5 x 19 cm); (vol. 1) xxiv; 278 pp.; (vol. 2): x, 296 pp.; four folding maps (one in the pocket of the second volume), 3 folding photogravure panoramas (one with folding key leaf), 76 gravures primarily after Vittorio Sella. Spines a bit toned as usual, a small defect to the head of the front joint of the second volume, internally clean.
A magnificent work, noteworthy for the wonderful plates by the photographer-mountaineer Sella (who also contributed to the Duke of the Abruzzi's mountaineering works). Freshfield was a pioneering mountaineer, who had been the president of the Alpine Club and was an early Himalayan climber, producing an important work based on his circumnavigation of Kangchenjunga in 1903. This is the first comprehensive work on climbing in the Caucasus, including Mt. Elbrus 18,510' (5,642 m). Neate F64.
C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman
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