EditorialEssay on the natural history of the surroundings of geneva, View of the city of Geneva, copperplate engraving, title page, after p. XXXVI (vol. 1), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle ...
EditorialInstruments for alpinism, Thermometer, compass and crystal, copperplate engraving, pl. II, to p. 532 (vol. 3), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Gen?ve. Neuch?tel: Sa...
EditorialL'Aiguille du Gout?, seen from Bionnassay, L'Aiguille du Go?t?, copper engraving, Pl. VI, after p. 558 (Vol. 2), Schellenberg (fec.), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs d...
EditorialLast bridge over the Reuse while climbing to the St. Gotthard Hospice, Reuss Bridge on St. Gotthard, copperplate engraving, title page (vol. 4), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des...
EditorialMountains in South-East Chamouni Valley, View of the mountains bordering the Vall?e de Chamouni southeast, Signed: Bourrit, Wexelberg, copperplate engraving, pl. 1, to p. 88 (vol. 2), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore; Wexelberg, F.-G. (sc.), 1779, Horace-B?n?dic...
EditorialGranit Rocks on St. Gotthard Road a league below Devil's Bridge, On the Gotthard pass road below the Devil's Bridge, copperplate engraving, to p. 56 (vol. 4), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire...
EditorialView of the Nant d'Arpenaz Mountain between Maglan and Salache in Faucigny, View of the Nant d'Arpenaz, Signed: T. Bourrit, C.G. Geissler, Copperplate, Pl. IV, after p. 398 (Vol. 1), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore (pinxit); Geissler, Christian Gottlieb (sculps...
EditorialHygrometer, Illustration of a hygrometer from the 18th century, planche 1ere, after p. 524, Horace B?n?dict de Saussure: Essais sur l'hygrom?trie. Neuch?tel: chez Samuel Fauche', 1783.
EditorialCharles and de Saussure, Hot air balloon in the mountains, Signed: Hildibrand, Fig. 2, p. 15, Hildibrand, Henri Th?ophile (sc.), 1870, James Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid de Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier: Voyages a?riens. Paris: Hachette, 1870.
EditorialView of the Glacier de la Brenva, Copperplate Pl3: Vue du Glacier de la Brenva; Brenva Glacier, Signed: T?pffer, Pl. III, after p. 286 (Vol. 2), T?pffer, Adam (sculpsit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai su...
Editorialfossils, Petrification, Signed: C. G. Geissler, Copperplate, Pl. 2, after p. 192 (Vol. 1), Geissler, Christian Gottlieb (pinxit et sculpsit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des en...
Editorialfossils, Petrification and crampons, copper engraving, Pl. III, after p. 348 (vol. 1), Lacroix (direxit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Gen?ve. Neuch?tel: Samuel ...
EditorialView of the Aiguille du Midi and Bellaval, View of the Mont Blanc from the northwest and northeast, Signed: Bourrit, C. G. Geissler, copperplate engraving, Pl. VI u., VII, after p. 504 (vol. 1), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore (pinxit); Geissler, Christian Gott...
EditorialPhysical experiments, Copper engraving, pl. II, after p. 240 (vol. 2), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Gen?ve. Neuch?tel: Samuel Fauche, 1779-1796.
EditorialPart of the Alps that adjoins Mont Blanc, Map of the Alps, Mont Blanc and the surrounding mountains, copperplate engraving, p. P. II (vol. 1), M. A. P. (fecit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoi...
EditorialValley of Mont-Cenis, its lake its hospice and mountains that dominate it, Landscape near Mont Cenis, copperplate engraving, title page (vol. 3), before p. II, 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoir...
EditorialMont-Blanc seen from the foot of the Marbled Aiguille at the N of the Hut, Mountaineer on snowfield at Mont Blanc, at the foot of the Aiguille Marbr?e north-east of the hut, copperplate engraving, pl. IV, after p. 594 (vol. 4), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de...
EditorialSource and Glacier du Rhone, View of the Rhone glacier, copperplate engraving, title page (vol. 3, part 1), after p. 438, 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Gen?ve. Ne...
EditorialMount Rosa seen from around Macugnaga, Landscape on Monte Rosa, Signed: Thod., de Saussure, copperplate engraving, pl. V, after p. 594 (vol. 4), Saussure, Nicolas Th?odore (fec.), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans les Alpes, pr?c?d?s d'un...
EditorialView of the Giant's Needle taken from the West End behind the Tents, Mountaineer on snowfield at Mont Blanc, Signed: Theod., de Saussure, Pl. III, after p. 594 (vol. 4), Saussure, Nicolas Th?odore (f.), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages dans l...
EditorialView of the east coast of Lake Geneva, View of the East Coast of Lake Geneva, Signed: M.T. Bourrit, C.G. Geissler, Copperplate, Pl. I, after S. XXXVI (Vol. 1), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore (delin.); Geissler, Christian Gottlieb (sculps.), 1779, Horace-B?n?di...
EditorialCircular view of the mountains that we discover from the summit of Buet Glacier, Round Panorama of the Buet Glacier, Signed: Bourit, Copperplate, Pl. VIII, to p. 512 (Vol. 1), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore (pinxit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages ...
EditorialMont-Blanc and Mountains that line the Allee Blanche taken from the Ferrez Valley, View of the Mont-Blanc Massif, signed: A. T?pffer, copperplate engraving, pl. IV, after p. 302 (vol. 2), T?pffer, Adam (sculp.), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyag...
EditorialView of Mont-Blanc and the Route by which we reached the summit, Mont Blanc and road to the summit, signed: M. T. Bourrit, copperplate engraving, pl. II, after p. 594 (vol. 4), Bourrit, Marc-Th?odore (fecit), 1779, Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure, Voyages ...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...
EditorialHorace 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 bac...
EditorialView of the valley of Chamonix, with Aiguilles Rouges in the foreground and Grandes Jorasses seen beyond in the background. Explanatory text in two columns below; the key to the print refers to the accompanying description, printed separately. . VUE PE...
EditorialHorace Bénédict de Saussure and his guides traverse a glacier carrying walking sticks and equipment in the foreground, with the Alps in the background; within wash border. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Swiss aristocrat, physicist and Alpine tra...
EditorialView of the valley of Chamonix, with Aiguilles Rouges in the foreground and Grandes Jorasses seen beyond in the background. Explanatory text in two columns below; the key to the print refers to the accompanying description, printed separately. . VUE PE...
EditorialTypes of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall f...