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‎Stories of the mountain and the forest.‎

‎London, Nelson, 1882, sm. in-8°, 340 p. + 6 ll. publisher's publicity + 9 engraved plates, hw. dedication on fly-leaf ‘Cyril Bond French Prize 1st Class July 1882’ / ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, original ill. blue cloth, spine darkened, first cover with gilt ‘Chamois’, corners bumped, nice copy.‎

‎A book mainly on the Alps. Contents on Yaks and ponies in the Himalayas, hunting, walking and climbing in the Alps, all gathered by the author from ‘fascinating books on travel, adventures and sports’. The engraved plates show: Yak-travelling in the Himalaya / Chamois-Hunting / Goats and goat-herd in the alps / the herd of deer / Felling and floating timber in the Alps / The Capercailzie (or Cock of the wood) / Catching turtle / The Matterhorn / The Wetterhorn from Grindelwald. Not in Perret or Neate; Giorgio & Gattlen: il Cervino, N° 70 (engraving from 1865 after a photogr, our view is recut, but very similar). Image disp.‎