Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Savoia, Luigi Amadeo Principe di. Il Ruwenzori. Viaggio di esplorazione e prime ascensioni delle più alte vette nella catena nevosa situata fra i grandi laghi equatoriali dell’Africa centrale. Relazione … Filippo de Filippi. Illustrata da Vittorio Sella.

With mount. frontispiec in colour, 25 plates (1 folding), 5 folding panoramas, and 5 maps of which 4 coloured. XI, (1), 358 pp., 1 leaf. Large 8vo. Contemp. half calf over four raised bands with gilt-lettered spine and decent blind- and gilt tooling (minor rubbing in parts). – Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1908.

First edition. One year later a German edition was published – Owner’s entry on last flyleaf. 1 plate loose, frontispiece and 1 folding plate with marginally cropped, tears to 2 maps. In all a very nice copy in a tasteful private binding. – Best.-Nr. 3483