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Horace Bénédict de Saussure in conversation with one of his guides while traversing a glacier,...

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Horace Bénédict de Saussure in conversation with one of his guides while traversing a glacier, both standing before a wooden ladder propped across a narrow precipice, with the other guides carrying walking sticks and equipment and the Alps in the background; within wash border. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Swiss aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism.
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VOYAGE DE M.r DE SAUSSURE A LA CIME DU MONT-BLANC AU MOIS D'AOÛT MDCCLXXXVII: Ce célèbre Physicien Genevois descend le Mont-Blanc avec l'intrépide Jacques Balmat, dit le Mont-Blanc, et ses autres Guides, après avoir fait le 3.e Août, sur la Cime élevée de cette fameuse Montagne diverses observations et expériences intéressantes qui se trouvent détaillées dans le 3.e Volume de ses Voyages. Author: von Mechel, Christian / [Geneva]: Publié par Chr: de Mechel en 1790, et se trouve chez lui à Basle, [1790] Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Maps K.Top.76.77.d. 1 print: hand-coloured etching; sheet 38.9 x 49.5 cm (trimmed below platemark).

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