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rif. B9781108049665Paperback / softback. New. The most influential work of French biologist and comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier 1769-1832 Le Regne Animal was published in French in 1817 and this sixteen-volume illustrated English version appeared between 1827 and 1835. paperback
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rif. 4-42036Edinburgh Blackwood 1817 8vo legatura in mezza pelle mod. con angoli fregi dor. al dorso pp. XXIII-348 con una tav. litografica in antip. e quattro tav. pure litogr. in fine. unknown
rif. 79081Paris Baudouin an 6 1798. 8vo 19.6 x 12.5 cm. xiv 710 pp.; 14 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt and ornamental lines and title marbled endpapers; marbled edges. = Rare first edition of the first important work on comparative anatomy by George Cuvier. "This is the first considerable work on zoology written by the famous Baron Cuvier" Wood; ".based on a course of lectures he had delivered at l'École du Pantheon.it was the first general statement of his natural classification of the animal kingdom" Sparrow. Mollusca are treated on pp. 372-438. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. It contains three lion heads. The motto and/or name however largely erased. Boards a bit rubbed; upper 3.5 cm of spine cover perished; internally however a very good copy with both the text and plates near-entirely free of the usual foxing. Nissen ZBI 1012; Sparrow "Milestones of Science" pp. 31-32; Wood p. 307. hardcover
rif. 79162Paris G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne 1822. 4to 31.5 x 23.5 cm. ix 428 pp.; one brightly hand-coloured geological map of the surroundings of Paris and 17 lithographed plates including one hand-coloured geological map of the basins of London and Paris. Publisher's orange-red mottled interim boards. = Rare much enlarged second edition of the Essai sur le géographie minéralogique. with 17 additional plates. Originally written by the French anatomist zoologist and palaeontologist Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier 1769-1832 and the French geologist Alexandre Brongniart 1770-1847; but this edition edited and expanded by Brongniart alone. Plate numbering is as follows: I.A.; II.A.; I.B.; II.B.; I.C.; II.C.; I.D.; II.D.; III-XI. Uncut. Front board detached; spine covervlargely perished. Some marginal soiling and occasional light spotting one plate more spotted but mostly clean. A very good copy. Ward and Carozzi 565. Not in Nissen. hardcover
rif. 78033Paris A. Belin 1824. Large folio approximately 53 x 35 cm. Finely hand-coloured lithographed plate. Not bound as issued. = Issued as part of a magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. From this work this is the ferret. A pencilled annotation states that this is plate 148. Uncut untrimmed resulting in very big margins. Some staining above the printing; otherwise in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
rif. 78034Paris A. Belin 1824. Large folio approximately 49 x 32 cm. Finely hand-coloured lithographed plate. Not bound as issued. = Issued as part of a magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. From this work this is the genet a cat-like carnivore living in Africa and ssouthern Europe. A pencilled annotation states that this is plate 143. edges cut but with very ample margins; only the bottom edge still rough; very lightly toned a short tear in the upper margin otherwise in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
rif. 76532Paris Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1819. 4to 31.1 x 22.2 cm. 29 pp. 351-379; three engraved plates numbered 26-28. Disbound. = A seldom-seen paper of taxonomical importance by the great French zoologist and anatomist Georges Jean Léopold Dagobert Cuvier 1769-1832 which lays the foundation for comparative zoology and phylogeny. Cuvier "laid the foundations of comparative anatomy. . It is in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata that he so notably succeeded in giving a lead that has been followed by all his successors. In contradiction to the current view that the structure of an animal determined its functions and habits Cuvier held that an animal's structure was due to its functions and habits. . He also saw that . homogeneity in an individual should enable a competent naturalist to reconstruct a complete animal from any significant part of its anatomy" PMM. Published in the fifth volume of the Muséum's Mémoires. Uncut with the widest possible margins. Some mostly marginal spotting otherwise very good complete. Dean I p. 286. unknown
rif. 64385Paris Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 1825. 4to. 21 pp. Disbound. = Important early paper on the social intelligence of the European common seal by the French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier 1773-1838. "Cuvier was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier. Cuvier has been described as the first scientist to use terms "héréditaire" hereditary in 1807 and "heredity in 1812 in their now biological context. He used both words in promoting the inheritance of acquired characteristics based on his studies of animal behaviour" Wikipedia. Published in the Museum's Annales volume 17. Rare. Some soiling or age-toning to the first page otherwise a very good clean copy. unknown
rif. 63952Paris Victor Masson 1838-1844. 4to 26.7 x 17.8 cm. Half-title to the series with tissue-guarded medaillon portrait of Georges Cuvier; title-page half-title to the text 278 pp.; table. Publisher's original red half morocco over marbled boards gilt borders gilt spines in five compartments. Patterned endpapers top edges gilt. = Forms a part of the celebrated Disciples edition of G. Cuvier's "Le règne animal". This is the complete text. The atlas is not included. Fore edge uncut. Endpapers and title page a bit spotted mostly rather clean. In all a very good and nicely bound copy. Nissen ZBI 1014. hardcover
rif. 56715Paris Crochard 1834. 8vo. 12 6; 6 pp.; one engraved plate. Disbound. = From the Annales des Sciences Naturelles edited by Audouin and Milne-Edwards. Text and plates a bit spotted plate with marginal water-stain oterwise good. Rare. unknown