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[MOUNTAINEERING]. Three Reports of the First Successful Ascent of Jungfrau Glacier in Switzerland, in a Single Issue of “Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden” Scientific Journal. Weimar: Industrie-Comptoirs, 1811.
8vo. Two portraits. Three separate reports in 37 pages. Modern brown cloth over blue marbled boards, titled in gilt to spine. Reports include: Erste Besteigung des Jungfrau. Gletschers in der Schweiz [First Ascent of Jungfrau Glacier in Switzerland]; Reise auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher und Ersteigung seines Gipfels, durch die Herrn Rudolf Meyer und Hieron. [Travel to Jungfrau Glacier and Climbing its Summit, by Mr. Rudolf Meyer and Hieron]; and Weitere Nachricht über die Reise der Gebrüder Meyer auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher. [More News about the Journey of the Meyer Brothers to the Jungfrau Glacier.]
The summit was first reached on the eastern or Valais side, on August 3, 1811, almost 100 years prior to the construction of the remarkable Jungfraujoch railway in 1912. They first had to reach the Aletschfirn, or the west branch of the Aletsch Glacier, and established a base camp north of the Aletschhorn. After 3 days climbing, they successfully reached the summit. Their ascent was disputed, motivating them to repeat it the following September. Used the same route to demonstrate their initial and continued success, this time they carried a flag with them.