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TYNDALL, John (1820-1893):
The glaciers of the Alps, being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related.
London, (William Clowes for) John Murray, 1860, in-8°, 1 frontispiece woodcut (Mer de Glace) + XXII + 444 p., with 61 illustrations of which 5 plates (one showing interference spectra in colours, one of moraines and three showing dirt-bands of the Mer de glace) + 32 p. (cat. of the publisher), ex-libris Peter E. Obergfell, bound in h-leather, spine on 5 bands gilt, with morocco- red-leather titlepiece on spine, Fine copy
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First edition of this classical work by the British alpinist, natural philosopher and microbiologist John Tyndall, leading man of science in his days, and well known for his scientific publications and his mountaineering achievements such as the attempts on the Matterhorn and the first ascent of the Weisshorn. The work is divided in two parts: the first part (p. 1-219) is chiefly narrative: Oberland (Strahleck, Finsteraarhorn), Chamonix (Mont-Blanc etc.), Zermatt (Monte Rosa, etc.). The second part is more scientific. De Beer, Travellers, p. 269, 274 and Early Travellers p. 172; Wäber BSL III/87; Dictionary of Scientific Biography XIII/521-4; Lehner S. 350 ff; Perret 4354. Image disp.
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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
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2 book(s) with the same title
The glaciers of the Alps, being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related. New edition. (2nd éd.)
London, Longmans, Green, 1896, in-8°, 1 frontispiece + XXVIII + 445 p., with 61 text illustrations, exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, contemp. cloth binding,
New edition, with prefatory note by Mrs. Tyndall, of this classical work. Tyndall was professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution. With his friend Huxley he went to Switzerland to study the motion of glaciers; his views brought him into conflict with Forbes and James Thomson.T.H. Huxley wrote: “Tyndall took up glacier work in consequence of a conservation at my table, and we went out to Switzerland together”. This was the first season of Tyndall's systematic observations on the ‘Mer de Glace’. The hotel on the Montenvers was too noisy: for the sake of quiet, therefore, I had my bed placed in the château next door, a little octogonal building erected by some kind and sentimental Frenchman, and dedicated ‘à la nature’. This was the pavillon erected by Bourrit in 1795”De Beer, Travellers, p. 269, 274 and Early Travellers p. 172; Bibliographie der Schweizerischen Landeskunde III/87 (first edition 1860). Image disp.
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The glaciers of the Alps, being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related. New edition. (2nd éd.)
London, Longmans, Green, 1896, in-8°, 1 frontispiece + XXVIII + 445 p., with 61 text illustrations, exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, beautiful dark blue half morocco binding, spine richly gilt, gilt edge, very fine copy, binding signed ‘Hopkins, Glasgow’.
New edition, with prefatory note by Mrs. Tyndall, of this classical work. Tyndall was professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution. With his friend Huxley he went to Switzerland to study the motion of glaciers; his views brought him into conflict with Forbes and James Thomson.T.H. Huxley wrote: “Tyndall took up glacier work in consequence of a conservation at my table, and we went out to Switzerland together”. This was the first season of Tyndall's systematic observations on the ‘Mer de Glace’. The hotel on the Montenvers was too noisy: for the sake of quiet, therefore, I had my bed placed in the château next door, a little octogonal building erected by some kind and sentimental Frenchman, and dedicated ‘à la nature’. This was the pavillon erected by Bourrit in 1795”De Beer, Travellers, p. 269, 274 and Early Travellers p. 172; Bibliographie der Schweizerischen Landeskunde III/87 (first edition 1860).
(SLACES, NVVA)
Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
