In-8°, pp. XI, (3), 339, 32 di catalogo editoriale. Legatura originale t. tela rossa con titolo in oro al dorso. Vignetta al titolo, antiporta xilografica e altre 2 vedute incise f.t. Al piede lieve alone via via evanescente. Buon esemplare. Reimpressione (l'edizione originale è di Londra, 1871) di questa narrazione delle prime ascensioni effettuate da uno dei pionieri dell'alpinismo inglese, Leslie Stephen (Londra, 1832-ivi, 1904), noto anche per essere stato il padre di Virginia Woolf. Filosofo, critico e intellettuale poliedrico, Stephen fu tra i maggiori rappresentanti dell'età d'oro dell'alpinismo e scalò per primo numerose vette svizzere, italiane e francesi (Bietschhorn, Schreckhorn, Monte Disgrazia, Rothhorn, Col des Hirondelles, ecc.). Fra i fondatori dell'Alpine Club, che presiedette dal 1865 al 1868, fu editore dell'Alpine Journal dal 1868 al 1871. Il presente volume è definito dal Perret come un des meilleurs témoignages de l'âge d'or de l'alpinisme. Perret, 4151. Cfr. Neate, S165: By one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature. Inglese. Seller Inventory # 52376

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Title: The Playground of Europe. New impression

Publisher: Longmans, Green and co, New York and Bombay

Publication Date: 1899

Binding: Soft cover

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Galleria Gilibert antiquarian bookshop was opened in 1992 by the late Alfredo Gilibert, great bibliophile and collector throughout his life of all forms of art on paper. His son Massimo now owns and runs the bookshop and continues the family tradition of locating and providing books and prints to collectors around the world. Galleria Gilibert has been a member of L.I.L.A. since 1997. The bookshop occupies two floors in the magnificent gallery Galleria Subalpina in the heart of Turin, between two of the city's most important squares: Piazza Castello and Piazza Carlo Alberto. It is very close to the Biblioteca Reale, the famous Egyptian museum, and the Galleria Sabauda.

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Gilibert Libreria Antiquaria (ILAB-LILA)
Galleria Subalpina 17, Torino, 10123, Italy

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Galleria Gilibert s.a.s - Galleria Subalpina 17, 10123 Torino - Italia
Tel. 00390115619225
e-mail: gilibert@gilibert.it
P. IVA - VAT Nr. IT06357100012 - C.C.I.A.A n.779817 - Trib. To n. 2840/92 -
Legale rappresentante: Massimo Gilibert

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