‎O'Shea, Stephen‎
‎The Alps‎

‎Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps; or, an itinerary from Lyons to Turin, by the way of Pays-de-Vaud, the Vallais, and across the Monts Great St. Bernard, Simplon, and St. Gothard: with topographical and historical descriptions of the principal places which lie contiguous to the route; including some philosophical observations on the natural history and elevation of that part of the Alps to which are added remarks on the course of the Rhone from its source to the Mediterranean Sea. ‎

‎London, Printed by S. Hamilton, for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1800, in-folio, 4 leaves (1 blank - printed title-page - advertisements - contents) + 1 engraved title-page with view + 218 p. + 1 blank leaf + 1 folded handcoloured engraved map ‘Chart of places... including the principal peaks of that chain of the alps from the Buchetta to Mont St. Gotthard’ + 1 townmap of Lyon in black + 25 plates printed in brown (soot brown or ‘bistre’), with most of the original protective tissue gards (mostly browned in the margins), some waterstains to the lower margins of the engraved title-page and some others, hw. ownership on first free fly ‘J. Matilda Scott’, Original leather spine, boards with rests of orig.-paper.‎

‎First edition, reprinted in 1806. This book has never been translated into French. Illustrated engraved titlepage with view followed by the numbered plates I to XXVII, which include 1 general coloured map, 1 town-plan of Lyon printed in black and 25 views printed in bistre, all after drawings by Albanis Beaumont. (Liste of plates available). Abbey: Travel in Aquatint & Lithography n° 53; Wäber, 109; Perret 333: Bel album rare et recherché pour la qualité des illustrations. Image disp.‎

‎The Alps. Illustrated from photographs. 3rd edition, revised.‎

‎London, B.T. Batsford, 1947, in-8vo, frontispiece, viii + 120 p., richly ill. with 130 photos and a design of the structure of the Alps, clothbound, map of the alps on the fly-leaves. ‎

‎Jerusalem in the Alps. The Sacro Monte of Varallo and the Sanctuaries of North-Western Italy‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, xii + 310 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, 50 col., 2 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503580579.‎

‎Summary The Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) at Varallo is a sanctuary in the Italian Alps west of Milan. It was founded in the late fifteenth century by a Franciscan friar, with the support of the town's leading families. He designed it as a schematic replica of Jerusalem, to enable the faithful to make a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy City if they could not undertake the perilous journey to visit it physically. The Sacro Monte consists of a sequence of chapels containing tableaux of life-size painted terra-cotta figures with fresco backgrounds recounting the life and Passion of Christ. A century later, in the era of the Counter-Reformation, a 'second wave' of Sacri Monti was constructed in the north-western Alps, modelled on Varallo, but dedicated to other devotional themes, like the Rosary or the life of St Francis. All these sanctuaries, like Varallo, were the result of local initiatives, initiated by the clergy and the leaders of the communities where they were situated. Like Varallo, they were the work of artists and craftsmen from the alpine valleys, or from nearby Lombardy. Long dismissed as folk art unworthy of serious critical attention, the Sacri Monti are now recognised as monuments of unique artistic significance. In 2003 UNESCO listed nine of them in its register of World Heritage Sites. This book studies their development as the products of the religious sensibilities and the social, economic, and political conditions of the mountain communities that created them. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Chapter 1. Samuel Butler Encounters the Sacri Monti Butler's Intellectual Odyssey Butler Explores the Sacri Monti After Butler Chapter 2. The Val Sesia. Society and Politics Geography and History Economy and Society Varallo Chapter 3. The Foundation of the Sacro Monte of Varallo Bernardino Caimi, the Observant Franciscan Pilgrimage to Jerusalem The Act of Foundation Patronage: the Scarognini Family Caimi Takes Possession of the Sacro Monte Caimi's Project The First Guide Book to the Sacro Monte Parallels Chapter 4. The Sixteenth Century. From Gaudenzio Ferrari to Carlo Borromeo Political and Social Conflict Gaudenzio Ferrari and the Sacro Monte The Spectators' Response Conflict between the Fabbricieri and the Observant Franciscans The Libro dei Misteri The Era of Carlo Borromeo Chapter 5. The Seventeenth Century. The Era of the Counter-Reformation Patronage and Local Politics Bishop Bascap The Expulsion of the Observant Franciscans Bascap and the Artistic Development of the Sacro Monte Pilate's Palace The Era of the D'Enrico Brothers The Basilica of the Virgin War and Plague The Rebellion of 1678 and its Aftermath Chapter 6. The Eighteenth Century. The Val Sesia under the House of Savoy The Transfer to Savoyard Sovereignty Completing the Sacro Monte Enlightened Absolutism versus Ancient Privilege The Reformed Brothers Depart Chapter 7. Varallo as Model. The Later Sacri Monti The Sacri Monti as a System? Orta Crea Oropa Ghiffa Varese Sacro Monte Calvario Domodossola Ossuccio Belmonte Graglia and Arona Similarities and Differences Epilogue. Revolution and Restoration Appendices Bibliography‎

‎Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine chain, with observations of the phenomena of glaciers.‎

‎Edinburgh, (T. Constable for) Adam and Charles Black, and Longman (and others) in London, 1843, in-4°, X + 424 p., illustrated with numerous woodcut illustrations in the text + 13 plates of which 9 (2 in diff. tones) lithographic views and 4 plates with diagrams (9 sketches) + 2 lithogr. maps of which one large handcoloured folding map, with date 1842( loosely inserted, reinforced map), some plates with foxing (mainly frontispiece, title page and some others), exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, brown cloth binding, generally fine and clean copy.‎

‎First edition of a milestone in alpine book publishing, the first book devoted to the systematic exploration of the high Alps, with Forbes' most important early studies on glaciers and glaciology. “Le premier livre publié en anglais consacré à l'exploration systématique de la haute montagne. Il contient plusieurs chapitres consacrés à une théorie sur les glaciers. Ouvrage fondamental. La première édition est la plus rare et recherchée” (Perret). Perret 1707; Wäber BSL III/181; cf. Barth 31913 (dt. Bearbeitung 1845) 18163a (von Coolidge hrsg. Auflage 1900); Steinitzer 36 and 81-82; Lehner 332-3, 367, 372 und 621; Dictionary of Scientific Biography V/68-69. ‎

‎DISSERTATION ON THE PASSAGE OF HANNIBAL OVER THE ALPS. BY A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.‎

‎London, Oxford University, 1820 Bound, original editor's jacket, original title page, 22.9x13.9 cm., xxii pp. + 40 pp. introduction + 183 pp., 1 folded landmap in colour as frontispice + 3 drawings out of text.‎

‎Henry Lamplugh Wickham is considered by some to be the author of this work.‎