1. VITTORIO SELLA. Lowest Part of the Azau Glacier, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CI 591. 11.1x15" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 1/4x12 1/8" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 595. Lowest Part of the Azau Glacier; Insribed in blue pencil: C.I.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella.
2. VITTORIO SELLA. Terskol Glacier, at the foot of Elbruz, stain? Upp right, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CI 597. 10.9x15" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 1/4x12 1/8" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 597. Terskol glacier at the foot of Elbruz; Insribed in blue pencil: C.I.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella.
3. VITTORIO SELLA. The two summits of Elbruz, from 12,800 feet, on the right side of the Terskol Glacier, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CI 598. 11.1x15.2" silver print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 3/8x12 7/8" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus The two summits of Elbruz from Terskol Glacier 598; Inscribed in pencil: I; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Loan 115 (circled).

Sella often went with his brother and cousins on alpine climbs, and from July through September 1889 he, along with his brother Erminio, guides Daniel Maquignaz and Giovanni Gilardi, and porters Secondino Bianchetti and Giuseppe Gamba, traveled to the Caucasus. While there they made the first ascents of Kogutai-bashi (12,450 feet) and Ulluauz Bashi [Ullu-aus-Gashi] (15,300 feet) where he photographed from the summit. They climbed other mountains including Mt. Elbruz, ascended the Urvan Valley toward Bezingi Glacier, crossed spurs of Dychten and Saluinan, and camped a week on the slope of Koshtantau.
P. 181 of the AMC Bulletin: "The principal article, and one which is of especial interest at the present time, is that of Signor Vittorio Sella, entitled " In Central Caucasus." Interest attaches to this region through recent determinations of heights, and a late discussion of boundaries which may throw Elbruz and others of the higher peaks which overtop Mont Blanc into Europe; further, from the fact that English alpinists have now turned their faces in that direction. Signor Sella's paper is not pretentious; it is the simple story of his journeyings, through wild countries, up steep and snowy slopes, with interesting discussions of the people and the scenery. The literature pertaining to this region is very scant, and his paper has a flavor of novelty, aside from its value as the story of a keen observer. With his camera, the use of which in mountain work has, he says, awakened in him a new appreciation of the beauties of Nature, he has climbed to heights the peer at least of Mont Blanc, and has brought away with him marvellous panoramas, which shed new light upon the grandeur of this remarkable district. Those who have viewed the photographs, of which a few have been exhibited at the rooms of the Club, need no argument to prove to them the value and the dignity of Signor Sella's work. A fine reproduction of Ushba from Betsho forms a fitting frontispiece to the Bulletin, while numerous illustrations of a less serious nature, taken also from his photographs, are introduced into the article itself. The outline of the magnificent panorama from the east cone of Elbruz at an altitude of 5,000 metres is of itself a valuable addition to our knowledge of mountains." J. B., JB.

1. 595 Very Good: mild wear, abrasions, scratches, marks and dirt and a numerous spots. Mount has tears, corner and edge wear, dirt and marks, missing pieces, and is fragile.

597 Good: moderate wear, abrasions, scratches, marks and dirt; retouching marks in the sky. Mount has tears, corner and edge wear, dirt and marks, missing pieces, and is fragile.

598 3. Good: moderate wear, dirt, abrasions, marks. Mount has corner and edge wear, dirt, and marks.