Pages are:

vol I: 423pp

vol 2: 411pp

vol 3: 456pp

vol 4: 474pp + 38pp appendix = 512pp total for vol 4

vol 5: 496pp

vol 6: 368pp

vol 7: 528pp

vol 8: 442pp

The plates are ("tome xxx" is what was printed in the plate image when present):

volume I:

carte Lac Geneve (opp. page v)

tome I plat I vue de la cote oriental Lac Geneve (opp. page 1)

tome I plat II [fossil shells] (opp. page 277)

volume II:

tome I planche III [fossils and a crampon] (opp. page 92)

tome I planche IV vue de la montague de Nant (opp. page 164)

tome I planche V vue aiguille charmoz (opp. page 323)

tome I planche VI vue aiguille midi + planche VII vue aiguille bellaud [two planches on one plate] (opp. page 327)

PI68 vue circulaire des montagnes qu'on decouvre du sommet du galcier de Buet (opp. page 333)

volume III:

carte Les Alpes (large folding map opposite page 1)

plate [no designation] FOLDING montagnes bordant le valles chamonouni (opp. page 111)

plate [no designation other than "PL II"] image of guy with hydrometer (opp. page 304)

folding number table at page 323

folding number table at page 334

folding number table at page 335

in-text table page 337

in-text table page 340

in-text table page 343

in-text table page 344

folding number table at page 345

plate [no designation other than "PL III"] vue glacier de Brenva (opp. page 418)

plate [no designation other than "PL IV"] profile mont blanc et des motagnes qui bordent l'alle-blanche (opp. page 441)

volume IV:

plate [no designation other than "PL V"] mont blanc vue de allee-blanche (opp. page 26)

plate [no designation other than "PL VI"] aiguille du goute (opp. page 381)

The appendix, "Analyse de quelques experiences faites pour la determintion [sic] des hauters par le moyen du barometre," by Jean Trembley, has new pagination starting at 2 and ending at 38. Page 8 through 21 of this appendix have number tables.

volume V: no plates or tables

volume VI: no plates or tables

volume VII:

tables on pages 412, 433, 434, 444, 445, 455, 481, 486, 509, 510, 511, 512

volume VIII:

The following 8 folding plates are bound at the end of this volume:

tome III planche I montagne de la Tulle

tome III planche II [a bunch of scientific instruments]

tome IV planche I granit view

tome IV planche II vue mont blanc et la toute de la cime

tome IV planche III aiguille du geant vue

tome IV planche IV mont blanc du pied aiguille marbree

tome IV planche V le mont rosa

not indexed or identified plate: rochers de granite sur route du st gothard

TWO FOLDING MAPS:

-- carte Lac Geneve (volume I opp. page v)

-- carte Les Alpes (volume III opp. page 1)

CONDITION: Eight volumes complete with all pages and plates and maps and tables -- all uniformly bound with dark blue-black-purple marbled boards, navy cloth spines with red title patches lettered in gilt. Solid and clean bindings. All volumes with pages untrimmed and with possibly original wrappers bound-in [brownish gray marbling and ads for other books on verso]. Some browning to page edges [could be trimmed away easily if rebinding -- but hardly advised and not necessary], no old owner marks or writing on any pages, clean pages, no staining, no water damage. All volumes appear to be part of an original complete unbroken set which is becoming uncommon to find. Many sets are now composite sets built from various orphaned volumes. Price: $3245.

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