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1843Ritratto di Cuvier
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1843Ritratto di Cuvier
1835ref. 9023845London: Whittaker and Co 1835. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards five raised bands on the spine. Stamped title and rules on the spine. New endpapers. Light foxing to original endpapers and title page else fine. Whittaker and Co hardcover books
1831ref. 58343New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Full sprinkled sheep titled on brown leather spine labels top edges stained grey all edges sprinkled; plain endpapers; vol. 1: xxxii4482pp; vol. 2: iiv-xvi4651pp; vol. 3: xx5751pp; vol. 4: xii 5451pp; 20 black and white engravings. Multiple nineteenth- and twentieth-century ownership marks to front endpapers. A sound set scuffed but straight some joints cracking but still holding firm lacking two of four spine labels internally browned and foxed: around Very Good. Cuvier's work "laid the foundations of comparative anatomy": "in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata" he gave "a lead that has been followed by all his successors" Printing and the Mind of Man 276. His friend Pierre André Latreille assisted with the section on arthropods. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 6757. For the first edition see GARRISON-MORTON 327. G. & C. & H. Carvill unknown books
1825ref. 57403Paris: Dufour et E. D'Ocagne 1825. Third edition. Quarto 32cm. Seven volumes complete in modern half black morocco green cloth over boards titled in gilt on spines and fronts; modern marbled endpapers; vol. I: vi194340pp; vol. II part I: ivIV2371229-232pp; vol. II part 2: iv239-648pp; vol. III: iv412pp; vol. IV: iv514pp; vol. V part 1: iv4051pp; vol. V part 2: iv 5471pp; 277 engraved plates including frontispiece one plate with hand color and 2 maps 1 letterpress folding table. Straight and sound with occasional scattered browning and soil a few page corners neatly restored one plate margin trimmed close to image area but largely clean and bright: Very Good. Third edition of the work in which Cuvier demonstrated the reality of extinction through detailed examination of fossils; a cornerstone work in paleontology biology and geology. Earlier editions appeared in 1812 and 1821-24. When Cuvier began his research in the late eighteenth century it was generally believed that no species had ever gone extinct. "Taking for his field the little-known fossil quadrupeds and applying to them the principles of comparative anatomy Cuvier astonished the world by reconstructing prehistoric forms of animal life whose existence had never been suspected" Glass Temkin & Straus Forerunners of Darwin 253. He established extinction as a fact demonstrated that the age of the earth was greater than six thousand years and did much to establish the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology. However Cuvier forcefully opposed pre-Darwinian theories of evolution. In the introduction to Ossemens Fossiles later published separately as Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe 1826 Cuvier argued in favor of catastrophism-the theory that violent catastrophes like the Biblical flood had caused extinction events and shaped geological features. This theory left room for contemporaries to infer a divine force that caused catastrophes and created new species; thus his research "provided a safety valve . . . between the push of geology and the drag of theology" Forerunners 255. His theories were in part disproven by Darwin and Lyell who demonstrated that both species and geological formations undergo gradual change over time; but Cuvier's ideas about catastrophism were vindicated by more recent research into mass extinction events caused by volanic eruptions and asteroids. This edition not in Ward/Carozzi. Dufour et E. D'Ocagne unknown books
1828ref. 221328Paris "au jardin du Roi 1828. In ink on reccto on single folded sheet; with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Bookseller's small printed slip affixed to lower left split at fold neatly repaired. In ink on reccto on single folded sheet; with conjugate blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Cuvier the great naturalist and Lutheran who managed to reconcile his beliefs in the Bible with his scientific findings. His work was extremely popular with Christian evangelists in the English-speaking world. This fine letter demonstrates his committment to his religion: "L'esperance de pouvoir être utile aux protestants dans les fonctions qui viennent de m'être confiées est le seul motif qui me les ait fait accepter. Je serai charmé de m'entretenir avec Messieurs du consistoire sur ce que votre communion peut avoir à désirer. Je regrette seulement d'avoir à leur proposer un voyage aussi long que celui du jardin du Roi mais c'est le seul endroit ou je puisse les recevoir commodement." English translation: "My only motive for accepting the duties which have just been conferred on me is the hope that I can be of some use to protestants. I'll be happy to speak with the gentlemen of the Consistory on whatever subject your communion wants. I only regret that I have to propose such a long voyage as that of the Jardin du Roi . unknown books
1840ref. 42750London: George A. Doo 1840. George A. Doo unknown books
1827ref. 40223Paris 1827. Cuvier Georges 1769-1832. Letter signed to Samuel H. Christie 1784-1865. Paris 29 October 1827. 1 sheet on letterhead of the Académie Royale des Sciences. 222 x 169 mm. Trimmed at head affecting printed letterhead but not the manuscript text. Very good. From the great French naturalist and zoologist Baron Cuvier whose work helped to establish the modern sciences of paleontology and comparative anatomy to British mathematician and physicist Samuel Hunter Christie who made important contributions to the study of magnetism. Cuvier was perpetual secretary of the Académie des sciences and his letter to Christie acknowledging Christie's donation of several of his papers on magnetism to the Académie is written in that capacity. "L'Académie Monsieur a reçu les ouvrages que vous avez bien voulu lui adresser extraits des transactions philosophiques . . . J'ai l'honneur de vous offrir les remerciemens de l'Académie et de vous témoigner en son nom tout le prix qu'elle attache à ces publications . . ." The Academy Sir received the books that you kindly send him excerpts from Philosophical Transactions. . . I am pleased to offer the thanks of the Academy and to express to you on its behalf of all the value it attaches to these publications . . . . unknown books
1969ref. S11299Brussels:: Culture et Civilisation 1969. 1969. Reprint of 1827 edition Paris: F. G. Levrault. Series: Eloges Historiques des Membres de l'Academie Royale des Sciences 1820 a 1827. Vol. III only. 8vo. iv 506 pp. Paper-backed boards gilt-stamped red leather spine labels. Burndy Library bookplate. Fine. (Culture et Civilisation, 1969). hardcover books
1832ref. 44684London: Whittaker Treacher and Co 1832. First edition in English 2 volumes in 3 4to 137 engraved plates 4 hand colored; slight spotting and staining extremities a little scuffed else an about fine set in contemporary 1/2 green morocco handsomely gilt. Volumes XIV and XV of the complete work. Whittaker, Treacher and Co unknown books
1832ref. 11194Paris: Académie royale des sciences de l'Institut de France 1832. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. One of the last Eloges he wrote. Scarce generally very scarce as found here completely unsophisticated. "Davy's widow Jane Davy began the biographical process just over a month after his death in Geneva on 29 May 1829 when she set about collecting materials for her husband's biography initially for the éloge to be delivered by Georges Cuvier 1769-1832 to the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris. In November 1819 Davy had been elected one of the eight foreign associates of the Académie the supreme accolade for a European man of science. That Jane Davy chose to concentrate on the Académie rather than the Royal Society of London of which Davy had been President between 1820 and 1827 suggests both the influence of her sense of European identity as well as some ill will on her part towards the Society." James Frank A.J.L. Constructing Humphry Davy's Biographical Image. Light toning fading to wrappers and rubbing else tight bright and clean. Burgundy paper wrapper white paper label black ink lettering uncut. 4to. 37pp. xxxvii. In French. Académie royale des sciences de l'Institut de France unknown books
1805ref. 47764Paris: De L'Imprimerie Impériale 1805. First complete French edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Quartos. Vol.1: xcvii 528pp 31pp. Vol.2: 460pp 84pp. Black leather over dark blue marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spines. The first full French translation of compiled research from the Asiatic Society of Bengal originally published in English as the periodical journal "Asiatick Researches" from 1788- 1839. The text throughout contains a vast array of information in various realms of scientific historical philosophical religious and/or cultural topics from different authors. Volume 1 contains a total of 33 plates of copperplate engravings including 2 fold-out while volume 2 contains 11 plates plus 2 folding tables one one which a table of Persian grammatical influence on North India printed on blue-toned Arches papers measuring 22 1/4 x 28". Some of these plates contain illustrations while others contain geometric figures mathematical calculations astrological charts and samples of texts in various Asian scripts including Sanskrit Arabic and Chinese. In addition to the numbered plates there are many other un-numbered examples in-text as well as statistical tables some full page. The text throughout is accompanied by copious scholarly footnotes. Of special note is a sections of beautifully rendered plates containing images of various Hindu deities. Also includes a large fold out steel-plate engraved Hindu Zodiac with 27 images. The final section of volume one contains corrections and additions followed by tables of meteorological data also included in vol.2. This French edition notably has been revised and supplemented with various additional notes from a number of distinguished French scholars and scientists of the era including zoologist Georges Cuvier 1769 - 1832 mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre 1749 - 1822 naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 1744 -1829 and entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier 1756-1814. Text in French. Bindings with some light rubbing and/or bumping to extremities. Light scratches to the covers. Interiors with minor sporadic foxing and/or water stains to the margins of a few pages throughout although in general the pages are surprisingly clean and vibrant. Book blocks quite tight. Bindings in very good- interiors in very good condition overall. About the society: The "The Asiatic Society of Bengal" now simply known as the Asiatic Society was founded in Calcutta in 1784 by British scholar philologist and civil civil Sir William Jones 1746-1794 in the early years of the British Raj. Its purpose as set forth was the furthering of Oriental research of all kinds as well as the collection of manuscripts and other relevant materials. It began publishing the work and research of its members all distinguished scholars in its periodical journal "Asiatick Researches". A museum set up to house and display its holdings as well as act as a hub or research was established in 1814. At first only Europeans could become members but starting in 1829 Indian were allowed to join as well. De L'Imprimerie Impériale hardcover books
1846ref. 1948Paris: Crochard et Cie 1846. Second expanded edition. PIONEERING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Eight volumes in 9 bindings 8 1/2 inches tall Vol. 4 is in 2 parts. Green quarter leather binding with gilt titles and compartments marbled paper covered boards patterned endpapers bookplate of NSR Maluf to each volume Vol. I i-xxxiii lithographic facsimile of letter from Cuvier 587 pp 1; Vol. II i-viii 726 pp; Vol. III 4 i-iv 760 pp; Vol. IV pt 1 i-xxvii 618 pp 4; Vol. IV pt 2 i-iv 691 pp 1; Vol. V i-viii 503 pp folding table; Vol. VI i-vii 557 pp 1 folding table; Vol. VII i-vii 1 656 pp; Vol. VIII i-xii. 848 pp. Covers corners spine ends worn light browning to pages the first blank and usually the half title of each volume have top edge corners clipped presumably to remove a signature not affecting text. Bindings tight pages unmarked very good in custom archival mylar covers. CONTENTS: Vol. I contains the principal discussion of Cuvier's famous theory of the correlation of parts- the functional relationship of each bodily organ to every other organ. Also considered are the organs of movement of vertebrate animals; Vol. II addresses the organs of movement of invertebrate animals and the osteology of the head; Vol. III considers the nervous system and sense organs; Vol. IV reviews the organs of mastication salivation and swallowing in vertebrate animals; Vol. V reviews the feeding organs of invertebrate animals; Vol. VI explores the nutritive fluid its reservoirs and the organs that set it in motion in the four types of the animal kingdom; Volume 7 the description of the organs of elaboration and purification of the nutritive fluid through respiration and urinary secretion; and Volume 8 the organs of generation and secretions the swim bladder of the fish and the organs of vocalization. GEORGES CUVIER 1769 – 1832 was a French naturalist and zoologist sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. He expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. He laid the foundations for a method of analysis and comparison applied to the entire animal kingdom and a new branch of natural history was born thanks to his scientific collaboration with Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This was based on the theory that anatomical and physiological characteristics of animals are molded by their environment. He established four major families: vertebrates mollusks arthropods and radiates. He was the first to apply the concept of an ecosystem viewing it as a vast network in which species interact with one another. GARRISON-MORTON No. 311 "Cuvier played a leading part in the development of paleontology and stimulated the study of comparative anatomy. He ranks with von Baer as one of the founders of modern morphology. The posthumous second edition offered here revised and expanded by Georges Cuvier's younger brother Georges-Frédéric Cuvier to 8 vols. appeared from 1835-1846." Crochard et Cie hardcover books
1989ref. RH1060Paris:: Belin 1989. 1989. 8vo. 333 pp. Index. White printed wrappers. Presentation inscription to Roger Hahn from Laissus. Fine. Rare. ISBN: 2701112656 Belin, (1989). unknown books
1810ref. 79759Paris: Imperiale 1810. First Edition. hardcover. very good. xvi 394 1 pages. 8vo 1/2 brown calf rubbed. Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale 1810. Very good. Report on zoology chemistry meteorology and medicine by the noted zoologist and scientist. Imperiale unknown books
1832ref. 199225London: Printed for Whittaker Treacher and Co 1832. Hardcover. Fair with Good Interior Boards and spine strip are not present; "Insects" written in pen on the spine; signature on front endpaper; ffep is missing at the front; rear endpaper is chipped; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean but does have some light toning and occasional smudging/foxing; textblock is solid; plates are colorful and gorgeous really even with the minor flaws. Boards and spine strip are not present; textblock edges are marbled; 570 pp.; richly illustrated primarily in color. "Georges Cuvier 1769-1832 made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work Le Règne Animal was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith 1790-1858 a solicitor and amateur naturalist embarked on in 1824 with a team of colleagues an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 14 is the first of two covering insects." -- WorldCat. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co hardcover books
1810ref. 241880Paris: Imperiale 1810. paperback. very good. xvi 299pp. 4to wrappers. Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale 1810. Large Paper edition. Very good. Report on zoology chemistry meteorology and medicine by the noted zoologist and scientist. Imperiale unknown books
1812ref. 154897Paris: Chez Deterville 1812. hardcover. very good. 4 volumes. Illustrated with 154 splendid copperplates many folding and and an additional folding hand-colored geognostical map of Paris and vicinity. Each volume several parts with distinct pagination. 4to bound in early calf-backed boards with red leather labels spines are brittle and somewhat damaged at edges uncut edges. Paris: Chez Deterville 1812. First edition. Internally excellent copy with wide- margins and only faint scattered foxing. Through the method of reconstruction of what ancient mammals must have looked like on the basis of bone and other fossil remnants "Cuvier created the science of paleontology in the modern sense. At the same time he largely reformed the system of zoological classification by introducing fossil animals into it" Nordenskold. "His concept of geological revolutions which he believed to be a regular and natural part of earth's history was used to explain the mass extinction of species from previous opochs" Norman 566. "A landmark in the history of science" Horblit 20b. Chez Deterville unknown books
1827ref. 139121London: Whittaker 1827. First. hardcover. very good. 5 volumes. 196 plates out of 210 with 76 colored by hand. Handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 green morocco lightly worn some scattered foxing. London: George Whittaker 1827. First English edition. Very good . A near fine set with light scattered foxing of this classic zoological book- a standard for the first half of the nineteenth century. Whittaker unknown books
ref. 8551paperback. very good-. 74 pages. Slim 8vo original plain wrappers; chipped. Bordeaux 1901. Doctoral thesis. unknown books
1817ref. 70532Edinburgh: William Blackwood / Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1817. Third edition with additions. Leather Bound. Very Good -. 348pp. Octavo 21.5cm. Full leather; stamped with an elaborate blind stamped diamond pattern and gilt border on covers. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. A bit of soiling scuffing and sunning to boards. Foot of spine is badly bumped and scuffed exposing underlying boards. Elaborate bookplate on front pastedown along with a bookseller's ticket. Binding is quite tight. A foundational text in the field of paleontology. William Blackwood / Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy unknown books
1861ref. 18429Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1861. LATER EDITION. Contemporary gilt green morocco-backed embossed green cloth. A fine set. Later edition of this important chronological collection of biographies in praise of French scientists. Composed by the secretary of the Academy of Sciences these festschrifts were read aloud during public sessions. The speeches address such famed scholars as Pierre Lassus Antoine-François de Fourcroy Henri Cavendish Nicolas Desmarets and André Thouin. The first volume covers the years 1800-1813 the second 1815-1826 and the third 1827-1832. Firmin Didot Frères unknown books
1829ref. 18430Paris: Déterville and Crochard 1829. SECOND EDITION. With 20 full-page etched plates. Contemporary gilt green sheep-backed marbled boards. Ownership stamps of J.E. van der Dussen. A fine set. Second edition enlarged of this landmark in the history of zoology and comparative anatomy the most comprehensive biological work since Linnaeus. “Cuvier’s valuable work represented the fruits of a lifetime’s study of living and fossil animals. In his day Cuvier exerted an enormous influence on science. He played a leading part in the development of the science of palaeontology and stimulated the study of comparative anatomy” G&M. “It is in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata that he is so notably succeeded in giving a lead that has been followed by all his successors. . .Cuvier was the first to apply analyses and comparison to the entire animal kingdom. He also saw that this homogeneity in an individual should enable a competent naturalist to reconstruct a complete animal from any significant part of its anatomy” PMM. See PMM 276; Garrison-Morton 327; Dibner 195. Déterville and Crochard unknown books
1831ref. 3535New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With 19 of 20 plates lacking the first plate in Volume 1. Modern calf-backed marbled boards; some foxing to text leaves in Volume 1 otherwise a very good clean copy. Bookplate in each volume of the Newburyport Public Library and dated in manuscript Jan. 8 1859 plus book label on the rear paste-down. First American edition of a landmark in the history of zoology and comparative anatomy the most comprehensive biological work since Linnaeus. “Cuvier’s valuable work represented the fruits of a lifetime’s study of living and fossil animals. In his day Cuvier exerted an enormous influence on science. He played a leading part in the development of the science of palaeontology and stimulated the study of comparative anatomy” G&M. “It is in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata that he is so notably succeeded in giving a lead that has been followed by all his successors. . .Cuvier was the first to apply analyses and comparison to the entire animal kingdom. He also saw that this homogeneity in an individual should enable a competent naturalist to reconstruct a complete animal from any significant part of its anatomy” PMM. G. & C. & H. Carvill unknown books
1828ref. 1400850Paris: Chez G. Dufour et Ed. D'Ocagne 1828. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vi 400 pages with six fold-out plates. In Good condition. Black leather quarter binding with marbled paper boards. Spine paneled black with gilt inlay. Moderate shelf wear visible on boards. Significant rubbing wear on leather quarter binding. Splitting near top of front joint. Head of spine chipped away. Text block is age toned darkest on edges. with moderate shelf wear visible on edges. Light soiling on text block edges. Light foxing present throughout heaviest near endpapers. Blind stamp from former owner on first free endpaper. Shelved in Room A. 1400850. Special Collections. Chez G. Dufour et Ed. D'Ocagne hardcover books
