FABRE (Jean-Henri). Geology. Second year.... - Lot 22 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Paris

FABRE (Jean-Henri). Geology. Second year. Normal schools. Manuscript partly autograph. S.l.n.d. 1882], 160 pp. of which 64 pp. autograph in-folio (29.1 x 19.1 cm) and 96 pp. printed in-8 (21 x 11.7 cm), in sheets, central fold. GEOLOGY COURSE FOR PRIMARY NORMAL SCHOOLS. It comprises two parts with 17 chapters, 7 for the first part (all the published chapters) and 10 for the second part (out of 12 published chapters), all paginated from [1] to 239, the pagination including the printed pages which replace the handwritten pages. Part I: Current geological phenomena. Chap. I. Continuous soil modification (2 pp. handwritten and 10 pp. printed). - II. Glaciers (3 pp. handwritten and 14 pp. printed). - III. Earth's own internal heat (2 pp. manuscript and 9 pp. printed). - IV. Volcanoes (15 pp. manuscript and 18 pp. printed). - V. Volcanoes (continued; 3 pp. manuscript and 2 pp. printed). - VI. Slow uplift and subsidence (1 pp. manuscript and 5 pp. printed). - VII. Earthquakes (2 pp. manuscript and 3 pp. printed). - Part II: Ancient geological phenomena. Chap. I. Original fluidity of the Earth (6 pp. manuscript and 7 pp. printed). - II. Origin of igneous and stratified or sedimentary terrains. Metamorphic terrains (5 pp. manuscript and 4 pp. printed). - III. Igneous and stratified rocks (5 pp. manuscript and 18 pp. printed). - IV. Relative age of mountains. Concordant or discordant stratification. Fossils (6 pp. manuscript). - V. Primary and transition terrains (2 pp. manuscript). - VI. Coalfield (7 pp. manuscript). - VII. Triassic terrain (1 p. manuscript and 6 pp. printed; postmark of Sérignan, dated 22 February 1882, on the back of f. 199). - VIII. Jurassic Terrain (2 pp. manuscript). - IX. Cretaceous terrain (1 manuscript p.). - X. Tertiary terrain (1 p. manuscript). The last two chapters contain only the title page]. Most of the printed pages are from Geology for the 4th grade, published six months earlier,