Replace cover page of PDF with applescript in Acrobat

I tried replacing a cover page in a PDF document with the following code but got a "doesn’t understand the replace pages message." What am I not getting here? I'd like to fill a folder with new covers and have them wind up replacing the covers of PDF files, or page 1 with covers that have the same file name. This is my starting point.
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"
set docPgToBe_replaced to "Macintosh HD:Users:don_feldman:Desktop:Switch_Chapter_ Covers:chapter PDF:9780071714921.pdf"
set SourceOfNewPage to "Macintosh HD:Users:don_feldman:Desktop:Switch_Chapter_ Covers:cover PDF:9780071714921.pdf"
replace pages docPgToBe_replaced over 1 from SourceOfNewPage starting with 1 number of pages 1
save docPgToBe_replaced
end tell

The initial view setting is the responsibility of the document author - if they have defined one you cannot override it.
There's an option to set a default pagination and zoom for when the PDF itself has no preference, but it makes no sense for that to allow for cover pages as Acrobat has no idea if one exists or not.

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