Large Old Map of Mont Blanc Massif by Kurz, 1929: Glaciers, 50 m contours, Chamonix, Courmayeur, Aiguille du Midi francois aune William Howe

William Howe

Basse-Pointe

in an entry hall

are evident throughout

a market place since 1817

Large Old Map of Mont Blanc Massif by Kurz, 1929: Glaciers, 50 m contours, Chamonix, Courmayeur, Aiguille du Midi francois aune William HoweCarte Albert Barbey au 1 50,000e: La Chane du Mont Blanc, issued in 1929, is Louis Kurzs masterly portrait of Europes rooftop. Spanning France, Italy, and Switzerland, it gathers the entire Mont Blanc Massif into a single, crystalline view, where fiftymeter contour intervals and finely modulated shading turn rock, snow, and ice into legible form. The climbers world springs to life: glaciers are traced with exacting edges, classic approaches ribbon