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Author/Creator:Smith, Albert, 1816-1860, author.
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Title:A hand-book of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc : illustrated by Mr. William Beverley : with twenty-five outline engravings of the views : first represented at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, Monday Evening, March 15, 1852.
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Publication:[London] : To be had in the room, and at Chappell's Music Library, 50 New Bond Street, [1854?]
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Physical Description:[30] pages : illustrations ; 12 x 20 cm
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Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy in contemporary maroon cloth, stamped in gold.
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Notes:Earlier (?) editions of this program included wood engravings signed W.G.M. (i.e. Walter George Mason?). The wood engravings in the present edition are unsigned.
Advertisement for The leader (newspaper), page [30].
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Summary:Original program published to accompany Smith's lectures on the ascent, given at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly.
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Subjects:Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
Mountaineering--France--Alps, French.
Travel--19th century--France.
Amusements--Great Britain--19th century.
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)--Description and travel.
Chamounix-Mont-Blanc (France)--Description and travel.
Alps, French (France)--Description and travel.
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Genre/Form:Advertisements.
Wood engravings--1854.
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Also listed under:Beverley, William Roxby, approximately 1814-1889, illustrator.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14039049