Alpine landscapes and human history in 1896

Description

LENTHERIC (Charles). L'Homme devant les Alpes. Work containing six maps and plans. Paris, Librairie Plon, 1896. In-8°, 479 (1) pp., paperback (cover damaged), interior otherwise fresh, uncut, 6 folding plates outside text. Illustrated with six folding plates outside text: 1 Uplift and subsidence of the Earth's crust. 2 The limestone and granite Alps. 3 The world at the time of Herodotus. 4 The Roman road network under the Empire. 5 Roman roads across the Alps.