Within the work, characteristic electromagnetic transitions of 205-210Pb isotopes, produced in the 40^Ar + 208^Pb nuclear reaction, were identified. The reaction was measured by a magnetic spectrometer PRISMA coupled to the CLARA gamma-ray detector at the INFN-LNL accelerator complex, Legnaro, Italy. In the neutron transfer channels, strong excitations of single-particle states as well as collective states were observed, the most significant of which was the 3^- state in 208^Pb. The 3^- state plays an important role in the excitation spectra of neighboring nuclei. Excitations of states with the structure that can be described as a coupling of collective and single-particle states have also been observed. The intensities of electromagnetic transitions were used to evaluate cross sections of the ground state by comparing the data where only fragments, with the data where fragments in coincidence with gamma radiation were detected. The obtained results were compared with the code GRAZING. Such a procedure helped us to evaluate cross sections of ground state in other measurements, especially those using (less intensive) radioactive beams. Multinucleon transfer reactions have been shown to be suitable for the production of neutron-rich heavy nuclei when neutron-rich beams are used as light partners in the reaction.