Descrizione

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1948. Large 4to. (32.9 x 25.0 cm). xii, 291 pp.; 62 text engravings (several large, one folded), three plates. four large folded profiles (one in full colour), numbered plates IV-VII, and a very large, folded, full colour map (1: 50,000) in rear pocket. Original printed wrappers. = A detailed description of the geology of a part of the western, French Alps, with some photos of several mountains, and a very large folded map. Written by the French geologist and president of the Société Géologique de France, Reynold Barbier (1913-2001). Uncut. Inscribed and signed by the author to the Austrian geologist Alexander Tollmann (1928-2007). Printed errata list tipped in before first blank. Spine cover a bit weak near the rear pocket; otherwise a very good, clean, complete copy.