Horace Bénédict de SAUSSURE Voyages dans les... Lot 193

Horace Bénédict de SAUSSURE Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve. At Neuchâtel, Chez Louis Fauche-Borel, 1803-1804. 2 volumes small in-4°, basane, gilt fillet and fine serrated roulette framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Only the first two volumes out of four. Seven vignettes, two maps and 21 folded plates, one of which with two figures (t. I). VERIFY "If one can hope to find somewhere in Europe men civilized enough not to be ferocious, natural enough not to be corrupted, it is in the Alps that one must look for them" (Preliminary speech). I: 3 vignettes, a map and eight figures on seven folded plates. II : two vignettes, a map and six folded plates. Ex-libris with wet stamp on the titles; slight wetness and some damage to the bindings.