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Etudes sur les glaciers

Etudes sur les glaciers

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Etudes sur les glaciers

by AGASSIZ, Louis

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Neuchatel, Lithographie H. Nicolet, 1840. *** Première édition. Atlas seul, sans les deux volumes de texte parus en 1841. Illustré par 18 grandes planches lithographiées par Joseph Bettanier; les 14 premières sont accompagnées d'une autre planche sur papier plus fin portant les légendes décrivant les différents éléments de la planche. "Ouvrage fondamental sur la théorie des glaciers ... très rare." Perret 19. PMM 309. En francais dans le texte 258. La planche 2 est piquée de minuscules pointes de rousseur. Mors frottés. Bon exemplaire. Provenance : le spéléologue Edouard-Alfred Martel, avec son ex-libris gravé : "E.-A. Martel, Montpellier-le-Vieux 1885". *** Grand in-folio de Couverture illustrée et 18 planches. Demi-chagrin marron, dos à nerfs. (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First edition. Atlas only, without the two volumes of text published in 1841. Illustrated with 18 large lithographed plates by Joseph Bettanier; the first 14 are preceded by another plate on finer paper, bearing captions describing the various elements of the plate. "The Great Work of the Founder of Glacial Geography". Plate 2 is spotted with tiny specks of freckling. Joints rubbed. A good copy. Provenance: speleologist Edouard-Alfred Martel, with his engraved bookplate. Printing and the Mind of Man 309. Horblit 1. Norman 888. - -.

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Title
Etudes sur les glaciers
Author
AGASSIZ, Louis
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Neuchatel, Lithographie H. Nicolet, 1840
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