| Description | Photographs and copy illustrations used by De Beer during his research for the book, and for inclusion in the book. Images include:
Manuscript letters and journal pages by Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
Portrait of Paccard as an old man.
Excerpt of an annotated copy of M Ozanam, La Trigonometrie Rectiligne et Spherique.
Michel-Gabriel Paccard's prospectus notice.
Sketches by Marc-Thodore Bourrit, 1785.
Photographs of Mont Blanc, and sketches based on those found in Baron Adolf Traugott von Gersdorf's diaries, 1786.
Offprint of T Graham Brown, "Bourrit's Attempt on Mont Blanc by the Aiguille du Gouter in 1784, and the First Assent [sic] of the Dome du Gouter by his Guides".
Facsimile copies of Bourrit's letters and sketches. |