Bourrit, M.Th.
Travel | Verhaal eener reize na de Ys-bergen van het hertogdom Savoije, benevens eene beschryving der gezigten van den berg Blanc. Uit het Fransch vertaald. Amsterdam, Yntema en Tieboel, 1778.
Bound in original marbled paper, (XX) 335 (2) pp. Illustrated with 3 engravings (Chamonix, Montanvert & Bossons) and a table, which is a fold-out. Light foxing on two illustrations (85, 96). B0651
The first and only Dutch translation of Marc-Théodore Bourrit’s 1773 Description des glacières, glaciers et amas de glace du Duché de Savoye . An alpine explorer, Bourrit wrote accounts of mountaineering in the Italy-France-Switzerland region; this, his first work, focused on the glaciers of Chamonix-Mont Blanc and surrounding excursions. The text’s translation into Dutch speaks to the presence in the Netherlands of the broader, 18th-century European enthusiasm for alpine tourism, which also intersected with “scientific” tourism insofar as some voyagers would carry instruments (e.g. a barometer) to conduct measurements as part of the travel experience. Accordingly, the final page is a fold-out with a table of the “Height of the Major Mountains in the World”, as recorded by other mountaineers (De Luc, Saussure, Feuillee, Micheli).
ijsberg – ijsbergen – gletsjer beschrijving – alpinisme – hiking – klimsport – alpen toerisme
SKU: 42184
€ 2.180,00 (€ 2.000,00 ex. btw)