Tyndall, John. Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour.

Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862.

First edition. 8vo. pp. vi, [iv], 105, 8 [adverts]; 2 wood-engraved plates;

Wäber 88; Cox 15; Neate T77; cf. Perret 4355. Tyndall, the British scientist was one of the pioneers of mountaineering in the mid-nineteenth century. Included here is an account of Tyndall’s early attempt on the Matterhorn, and his first ascent of the Weisshorn.