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Catalogue description MS diary of Dr M.G. Paccard
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| Reference: | 1922/C71 |
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| Title: | MS diary of Dr M.G. Paccard |
| Description: |
Series Title: Miscellaneous Mss The diary includes an account of the first ascent of Mont Blanc by Dr Paccard with Jacques Balmat in 1786. Parts of the diary have been published by Mathews in Annals of Mont Blanc (1898), and an almost complete transcript was published in Dr Dubi's "Paccard wider Balmat" (1913). See also the article AJ Vol. 46, p.1 ff. (1934). Author: PACCARD, Michel Gabriel Places: Mont Blanc Subject: Mont Blanc |
| Date: | 1786 |
| Held by: | Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | French |
| Physical description: | 1 volume |
| Physical condition: | The volume, is housed in a purpose-made box, and kept in the AC safems |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Acquired for £10 from Dr Paccard's grandson, Adolphe Paccard, by C.E. Mathews in the late 1890s, and sold to the AC by him in 1898 for £8. See letters: 1922/B65 p.4-6. |
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