Catalogue description Journal de Lausanne, 1786-87

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Details of 1922/C87
Reference: 1922/C87
Title: Journal de Lausanne, 1786-87
Description:

Bound run of the weekly newspaper "Journal de Lausanne", from issue 1 (2 December 1786) - 57 (29 December 1787), together with a one-page prospectus for the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francoise (6 April 1787). A typed list inside the front cover indicates that these newspapers were collected because of their relevance to the first ascent of Mont Blanc in August 1786; they contain articles re de Saussure, Balmat, Bourrit and Paccard.

 

Places: Mont Blanc
Date: 1786-1787
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 volume (252 p.)
Physical condition: Printed
Immediate source of acquisition:

Volume acquired by Henry Montagnier. Presented to the AC, 1919

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