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Lot 216
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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FILIPPI, Filippo de (1869-1938). Storia della Spedizone Scientifica Italiana nel Himalaia Caracorum e Turchestan Cinese (1913-1914). Bo
4to. With 30 photographic plates (including 15 folding panoramas), 4 maps (one double-page), & numerous half-tones (many full-page). Original boards, printed paper label on spine (a few small stains). FIRST EDITION. After years of being official chronicler of the Duke d'Abruzzi's mountaineering expeditions, Filippi's own expedition to the Karakoram was largely scientific. Neate F25; Perret 1658.