Ed. Suess - La Face de la Terre - 1921-1924

The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) by Ed. Suess, former Professor of Geology at the University of Vienna (Austria). Foreign associate of the Institute of France (Academy of Sciences) -
Translated from German, with the author's permission and annotated under the direction of Emm. de Margerie -
With a Preface by Marcel Bertrand of the Academy of Sciences, Professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and an Epilogue by P. Ternier of the Academy of Sciences - 4 Volumes -
Armand Colin Library, Paris 1921-1924 - Excellent condition -
Volume I with 2 colour maps and 122 figures including 16 specially executed for the French edition -
Volume III (1st part) with 3 colour maps and 94 figures including 67 specially executed for the French edition - Volume III (2nd part) with 2 colour maps and 124 figures including 101 new (89 specially executed for the French edition)
Volume III (3rd part) with 1 colour map, 2 plates and 92 figures including 80 specially executed for the French edition - Volume III (4th Part) with 2 Colour Maps, 3 plates and 115 figures including 90 specially executed for the French edition -
Green half-leather bindings, smooth spine with title and tomes in gilding, marbled boards green, format: 17 x 25 cm -
XV + 835 / XI + X + 1724 pages -
Brief contents:
- Volume I: Introduction - First Part: The Movements of the Outer Crust of the Globe:
1. The Deluge - 2. Examples of Regions Shaken - 3. Dislocations - 4. Volcanoes - 5. Attempt at Classification of Movements of the Earth’s Crust /
Second Part: The Mountains: 1. The Northern Foreland to the Alpine System - 2. The Guiding Lines of the Alpine System - 3. The Subsidence of the Adriatic - 4. The Mediterranean - 5. The Great Desert Plateau - 6. The Fragments of the Indian Continent - 7. The Mountain Belts of India -
8. Relationships of the Alps and Asian Ranges - 9. South America - 10. The Antilles - 11. North America - 12. The Continents -
- Volume III: 1st and 2nd Parts: The Face of the Earth - 1. Introduction - 2. The North of Siberia - 3. The Primitive Crest - 4. Peripheral Formations to the East of the Crest - 5. The Altai and the Altids - 6. The Oriental Altides - 7. The Arc of Yarkend, Iran and Touran - 8. The Taurides and the Dinarides - 9. The North of Europe -
10. Penetration of the Altides into Europe - 11. Armorican and American Altides - 12. African Altides -
13. The Alps / Western Part - 14. The Alps / Eastern Part - 15. Posthumous Altides -
16. Laurentia and Nordic Islands -
- Volume III (3rd Part): 17. African Faults / Mountains of the Cape - 18. Oceanides - 19. Penetration of Asia’s Island Chains into America - 20. The End of the Island Chains - 21. The Appearance of the Andes - 22. The Andean Edifice; its double advance -
- Volume III (4th Part; End) 23. Analyses - 24. The Depths - 25. Appearance and Distribution of Volcanoes - 26. The Moon. Theoretical Questions. A General View - 27. Life (Introduction, the Beach, History of the Caspian Sea, the Appearance of Placental Mammals, Asyla) - Explanation of the Maps, Epilogue, General Tables of the Work -
Last volume: General Tables of the Work, 258 pages -