RAMOND de CARBONNIÈRES (Louis François Elisabeth) baron - Lot 313

RAMOND de CARBONNIÈRES (Louis François Elisabeth) baron Journey to the summit of Mont Perdu. By L. RAMOND, member of the Institut National. Extract from Journal des Mines, n° 83, thermidor an II. Paris, imp. de Bossange, Masson et Besson, An XI (1803). In-8: paginated 321-350. Slight light ringing in margin at head of first few leaves, small angular paper loss at foot of one leaf (no textual damage). Modern Bradel-style paper boards, with long red title on spine. When you think of the history of the Pyrenees, you think of RAMOND, and when you think of RAMOND, you think of Mont-Perdu. So this "Voyage au Sommet du Mont Perdu", a prestigious book if ever there was one, in remarkable condition and with an excellent provenance, is "The" book. Journal des Mines n° 83, also published as an offprint (one of the XX rarest Pyrenean books). In 1804, RAMOND published an abridged version of his text in pp. 74-84 of Volume III of the Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. In another issue of the Journal des Mines, no. 37, Vendémiaire, An VI, RAMOND published a letter dated "5th jour complémentaire, An 5" addressed to Haüy "sur deux voyages au Mont-Perdu, sommet le plus élevé des Monts Pyrénées" (pp. 35-38). The following pages (39 to 66) are occupied by "Voyage au Mont-Perdu, et observations sur la Nature des crêtes les plus élevées des Pyrénées" by Philippe PICOT de LAPEYROUSE (Labarère 1231). Also by the same author: Naturel et Légitime. Se trouve chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés, An XII (1804). Booklet in-8: 1f., 40pp.