Hirsch, A. and E. Plantamour — Nivellements de précision de la Suisse.

Genève et Bale, H. Georg, 1867-1891. Ten parts in one. 4to (28.5 x 22.0 cm) 779 pp. [655; 124]; one folded, tinted map. Contemporary half calf over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt title. . = An important contribution to the geodesy of Switzerland, including a large part of the Alps and Jura mountains. This is the complete first volume, with nine livraisons, and the tenth livraison, apparently forming part of a second volume, and being a complete Catalogue des Hauteurs Suisse, Exécutée par la Commission Géodésique Fédérale. All with their own title pages, and a general volume title and half-title. Private owner's stamp of the Dutch surveyor and mathematician Charles Mathieu Schols (1849-1897) on volume title, some light, occasional spotting but generally clean. A very good copy.