Horace B閚閐ict de Saussure in conversation with one of his guides while traversing a glacier; both standing before a wooden ladder propped across a narrow precipice; with the other guides carrying walking sticks and equipment and the Alps in the background; within wash border.Horace-B閚閐ict de Saussure was a Swiss aristocrat; physicist and Alpine traveller; often considered the founder of alpinism. 1 print: hand-coloured etching ; sheet 38.9 x 49.5 cm (trimmed below platemark).[Geneva]: Publi?par Chr: de Mechel en 1790; et se trouve chez lui ?Basle; 1790.From: Christian Von Mechel; VOYAGE DE M. r DE SAUSSURE A LA CIME DU MONT-BLANC AU MOIS D'AO跿 MDCCLXXXVII: Ce c閘鑒re Physicien Genevois descend le Mont-Blanc avec l'intr閜ide Jacques Balmat; dit le Mont-Blanc; et ses autres Guides; apr鑣 avoir fait le 3. e Ao鹴; sur la Cime 閘ev閑 de cette fameuse Montagne diverses observations et exp閞iences int閞essantes qui se trouvent d閠aill閑s dans le 3. e Volume de ses Voyages.Maps K. Top. 76.77. d.London; British Library.