Saussure (Horace - Bénédict de). Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève. Neuchâtel, Fauche Borel, 1796 [vol. V - VIII] 1803 [vol. I - IV]. 8 volumes in-8°, boards from the second half of the 19th century, handwritten title labels (library labels). Third edition for the first two volumes, second edition for the next two and first edition in-8° for the last four. XXXIX + 423 pp; 411 pp; 456 pp; 474 pp; XVI ++ 496 pp; 368 pp; 525 pp and 442 pp; Illustrated with 4 folding tables in vol. III (the 2 folding tables in vol. IV are missing); 2 folding maps (one at the head of vol. I and the other in the last volume), 21 views on 20 folding plates, drawn by Bourrit and Théodore de Saussure, the author's nephew, and engraved by Geissler, A. Töpffer and Wexelberg. Views I to VII in volume 1, Views I to VI in volume 2, Views I to II in volume 3 and views I to VI in volume 4. Cigarette-sized burn on pages 177 to 187 of volume 2. Library ex-libris on the flyleaves, stamps on the titles. One of the most important works ever written on the Alps. The work contains numerous developments concerning the flora, geology and glaciers, but also relates the attempts to climb Mont Blanc, the first ascents including that of Saussure in 1787, as well as the stay that Saussure made at the Col du Géant. Perret, 3911 - Regards sur les Alpes 19 - Meckly 169