1. VITTORIO SELLA. Mont Blanc De Seilon, from the Seilon Glacier above Pas des Chevres, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIV 270. 11.3x15.0" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x13" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps Mont Blanc de Seilon, from the Seilon Glacier above Pas des Chevres IV 270; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Mont Dolin and Aiguille De La Za, from Pas des Chevres, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIV 271. 11.3x14.7" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x13" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps Mont Dolin and Aiguille de la Za, from Pas des Chevres IV 271; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner.

The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. It is named after Mont Blanc that is 4,808 metres 15,774 ft with a promenince of 4696m 15,405 ft. is the 11 largest in the world Mt. Blanc is the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier - the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively. It stands between the Aosta Valley, Italy and Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France. Aiguille de la Za/Tsa in the Pennine Swiss Alps at 12,034 ft. it has a prominence of 823 ft.

Sella lived in an era when geographical societies, exploration and mountaineering clubs, and mercantile (research) libraries proliferated in many towns and cities. The Sella family had helped found the Italian Alpine Club in 1863; a European equivalent of the AMC co-founded in 1876 by Charles E. Fay. The Alpine Club fraternity was a small, international network modeled after the first club of its type founded in London in 1857. Members corresponded with each other, sharing publications and information about guides, porters, and climbs in foreign lands. Such clubs provided scientific, ethnographic, and intellectual materials that were a valuable cultural asset for professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike. In their lecture's photographers, naturalists, explorers, and artists often used photographs and printed illustrations as a means of disseminating information about the latest artistic and scientific ventures.

1. 270 Good: Good: Mild abrasions, scratches, wear, spots, corner wear and edge wear. Mount has edge and corner wear, dirt and marks 1/8x1/4" white area in upper L corner of print.

2. 271 Good: Mild abrasions, scratches, wear, spots, corner wear and edge wear. Mount has edge and corner wear, dirt and marks 1/8x1/4" white area in upper L corner of print.