G R De Beer Alps & Men , London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1932.

Illustrated by Photographs & Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo Dust jacket large chunks missing from edges particularly at top and tail of spine, unclipped. Original cloth with white titling on spine, fading and rubbed to edges. Map end papers. Frontis plate.. 256 pages clean and tight. Pages from forgotten diaries of travellers and tourists in Switzerland form the basis of this book, but the Author's knowledge and love of the country have transformed them into a moving picture of Switzerland as it was from 1750 to 1850, as it came fully into the consciousness of Europe, either as an ideal tourist resort or as a less ideal campaigning ground. British aristocrats on the grand tour, refugees from the Revolution, military road makers, scientists, explorers, poets like Byron and Goethe, writers like Dumas, composers like Liszt and Wagner ; these are some of the characters by whose reactions to the Alps we are intrigued ; and the book has a remarkable collection of illustrations, reproduced from rare prints which the Author has unearthed from libraries in half the countries of Europe. (Book ref. 124975)  £20.00

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