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8vo, (octavo), xvi, 510pp., [2pp, publisher's advertisements], colour frontispiece showing Elbruz from near Patigorsk, 3 b/w plates, 1 panaroma plate, 16 illustrations to text, 3 folding maps, with Appendices recording details of the Elbruz Expedition of 1829; heights of peaks, passes, towns and villages in the Caucasus Provinces; and a catalogue of plants. Bound in the original pictorial brown cloth with gilt pictorial design to centre of upper cover, spine titled in gilt. A most handsome near fine bright clean copy in the original pictorial binding of this scarce classic mountaineering work by Douglas Freshfield. [Neate F71; Ghani p143]. Douglas William Freshfield (April 27, 1845 February 9, 1934) was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, who edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880. He was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club and served as President of both organizations. While still a schoolboy he had ascended Mont Blanc, and in the 1860s and 1870s made at least twenty first ascents, chiefly in the lesser-known Italian Alps. Freshfield led an exploration of the Caucasus and was the first man, officially, to conquer Kazbek with guides from the village Gergeti. This is an account of the exploration of the central Caucasus that Freshfield led in 1868, at a time when the region was largely unknown and dangerous. He made the first ascent of Mounts Kazbek (16546ft), Elbruz (18470ft), as well as several other peaks. After returning to the Caucasus in 1887, he later published 'The Exploration of the Caucasus' (1896). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3520
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