The fascination of the Alps is stillunbroken. Since the beginning of the 19th Century, traveled who could affordit, great in these high mountains.

Myth Alps – The World in color of yesterday

The hitherto unpublished, already at the time, from watercolor colored Glasdiapositve in this volume come from the period 1900-1925 and take a nostalgic look at the Alpine area.

The photographs transport you to a time when they went for their summer vacation in the mountains and the winter still had the touch of the exclusive.

Intrepid mountaineers looking into steep cliffs, adventure, first passes and rack railways made the Alps for less daring accessible and opened up vast panoramic views, stunning waterfalls, tranquil lakes and secluded mountain villages.

The pictures in this book can imagine the fascination which was connected with the conquest of adventurous rock and Polar Sea and at the same time give evidence of a primitive, which is now threatened with disappearance.

Facts:

Christian Brandstatter, Christian H. Stifter

Brandstatter Verlag (March 15, 2010)

Language: German

Format 23 x 26 cm

Hardcover 144 pages

250 Fig

Price EURO 29.90

About the editors

By Christian Brandstatter, born 1943 in Lambach, Upper Austria. 1961-1965 Studied law at the University of Vienna, 1968-1982 senior employee of the publisher Fritz Malden, 1974 founder of the Malden Edition. 1993-2003 Lecturer at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Vienna. Since 1982, the publisher of the Christian Brandstatter Verlag. Author and designer of numerous picture books.

H. Christian founder, born in 1962, historian. Study of the history and philosophy at the University of Vienna, numerous historic project work. Since 1996 Director of the Austrian Adult Education Archives, editor of the magazine traces, non-fiction editor of the journal zeitgeschichte.