Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites

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Published by Longmans Green and Co, London, 1873, 1st Edition, Insc, rebound in contemporary quarter leather, Spine faded worn, corners bumped, Good only.   Amelia Blandford Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.  Edwards first became interested in the Dolomites in 1853, and in 1872 embarked on a trip through the mountains with her friend Lucy Renshaw, hiring mountain guides from the region.  At this time, the Dolomites were still regarded as ‘terra incognita’ and even educated persons had never heard of them.  This classic volume describes their journey, and subsequently ran to many editions in the 19th Century under the title A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.  Edwards later toured Egypt (again with Renshaw), co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882, wrote A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877) and earned the nickname the ‘Godmother of Egyptology’ for her contribution to research in this area.