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1827Best.-Nr. 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
1831Best.-Nr. 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
1851Best.-Nr. 105539London:: Wm S. Orr and Co 1851. hardcover. near fine. thick tall 8vo. xii718pp. colored frontis plate and 32 plates in b&w. all present though the plate for page 278 is opposite page 275 instead. drawings in text through out. marbled endpapers and page edges. three quarter brown leather binding over marbled boards. extra gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered black title box. raised bands. Family owned and operated bookstore selling used and out of print books. Open to the public for close to 40 years! Wm S. Orr and Co hardcover
1837Best.-Nr. 099074L. Henderson 1837. First of This Edition. Half Leather. Very Good. 8 vols. with 576 colored plates - 4 vols. of text and 4 vols. of plates. Binding appears to have been done c. 1920's. All the title pages show moderate foxing. L. Henderson hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1023642417.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1023648342.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1831Best.-Nr. 357965New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Thoroughly foxed. Lower outer corner of rear cover is a loose flap. Covers have many marginal scrapes. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume Three only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1831Best.-Nr. 357966New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Small stain to lower margins of first half of book approximately diminishes thereafter. Most pages have very slight or less foxing but there is more on some. Covers have many marginal scrapes and some slight rubbing. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume Four only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1831Best.-Nr. 357964New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill. Good. 1831. Hardcover. Thoroughly foxed. Covers have many marginal scrapes. Spine is faded. Spine labels are missing. ; Volume One only out of Four. Full leather covers. . G. & C. & H. Carvill hardcover
1858Best.-Nr. 82552Edinburgh: A Fullarton and Co 1858. Pages largely clean and bright. Some dampstaining and foxing to pages throughout. Binding partially shook but the majority firm. Front/rear gutters cracked. Some loss to front tracing leaf. Pencil markings to rear end paper. Hard edges tanned with some bumping. Moderate-heavy shelf wear to boards. Hard. Good Minus. 4to. A Fullarton and Co Hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 36574W.H. Allen 1893. New edition. Fair/No Jacket. Publisher's decorated cloth Frontispiece of giraffes and t.p. loose advertisement for Wright & Company on front pastedown binding weak. Illustrated by Landseer and with numerous text figures this book is remarkably scarce in trade perhaps because of 'breakers' W.H. Allen hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0530835894.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1827Best.-Nr. 409721827 1ed Animal Kingdom Baron Cuvier Class Mammalia Naturalist 52 Color Plates "The Animal Kingdom" originally by Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Baron Cuvier is a comprehensive zoology work translated and expanded by British naturalist Edward Griffith. This collection focuses on the classification of animals particularly vertebrates and provides a detailed analysis of their anatomy and organization. Upon translation Griffith added descriptions alongside commissioning a myriad of hand-colored illustrations to make the book more accessible and appealing to a broader audience. This first edition of the fourth volume from "The Animal Kingdom" collection as well as fourth volume of the section entitled "Class Mammalia" includes 52 color plates depicting lama alpacas elk deer antelope ibex goats sheep buffalo bison oxen and dolphins! Item number: #40972 Price: $499 CUVIER Baron; GRIFFITH Edward Editor; Transl.; SMITH Major Charles Hamilton; PIDGEON Edward The Animal Kingdom. The Class Mammalia Arranged by the Baron Cuvier with Specific Descriptions by Edward Griffith Major Charles Hamilton Smith and Edward Pidgeon. Volume the Fourth. London: Geo. B. Whittaker 1827. First English edition. Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; Volume IV <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->6 498 2 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->52 colored plates <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Lowndes 575; Merz 133; Waggoner Georges Cuvier <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~10in X 6.25in 25cm x 16cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 40972 Photos available upno request. Geo. B. Whittaker hardcover
Best.-Nr. 90743London Geo. B. Whittaker 1827 1st edition. Five Volumes. Hardback tall 8vo. 9.5 x 6 inches. In maroon full calf leather fine bindings diced and gilt paneled boards raised bands and gilt decorations to spines with twin black leather spine labels. Brown speckled page edges marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Covers rubbed some surface chips/nicks to leather on edges of boards. Spines and front of vol.5 faded. Also rear of vol.1 with some staining. Small binders label to corner of endpaper in v1. "W. Cater Launceston." Previous owners bookplates to endpapers "Rev.d Rich.D Gerveys Grylls Helston Cornwall." Some occasional minor handling marks else pages overall very clean and tight throughout. Barring some accumulated dust between top page edges. Colour plates all very clean and bright with lovely bright colouring. Else an very good set. 5 volumes: 352 513 468 498 & 391pp. Illustrated with 200 engraved plates 178 coloured and 23 in B&W. A comprehensive guide to the Animal Kingdom beginning with Man and the vertebrates. Based on the knowledge available in the late 19th century. Beautiful illustrations by Landseer. London, Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827 1st edition hardcover
1849Best.-Nr. 09195London: Wm. S. Orr and Co 1849. Very Good. Large Octavo 718 pages; contemporary full leather marbled edges and end papers; illustrated with 300 engravings on wood and 34 on steel of which 29 are hand-colored. Plates and text are clean and bright. Neat owner presentation on fep. Wm. S. Orr and Co hardcover
1831Best.-Nr. 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
1837Best.-Nr. 74593G. Hendserson London 1837. hardback. very good condition rebound in brown cloth 2 volumes of text in one volume and 2 volumes of plates oin the other volume. no dust jackets. shipping via USPS G. Hendserson, London hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. LRB1000550Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 530 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1831. An important early English translation of a major work by Georges Cuvier presenting his influential classification of the animal kingdom according to anatomical organization. A substantial nineteenth-century zoological compendium this volume is of interest for the history of natural science comparative anatomy and early systematic zoology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB1000564Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 620 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1831. A classic work of natural history presenting Georges Cuvier's influential classification of the animal kingdom organized according to anatomical structure and comparative zoology. This edition reflects a major nineteenth-century scientific synthesis with the collaboration of Henry McMurtrie and P. A. Latreille and remains of interest for historians of science zoology and early systematic biology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB4004147Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 532 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1833. A classic work of natural history presenting Georges Cuvier's influential classification of the animal kingdom according to anatomical organization. Long valued for its systematic approach to zoology and comparative anatomy it remains an important reference in the history of science and the development of modern biological classification. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
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2026Best.-Nr. LRB8002432Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 504 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1831. A classic work of natural history presenting a systematic account of the animal kingdom according to its organization and classification. The volume reflects the early nineteenth-century scientific approach to zoology with emphasis on comparative anatomy taxonomy and the order of living forms. An important reference for readers interested in the history of science and the development of zoological classification. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB8001861Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 618 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1831. A major 19th-century work in natural history presenting Georges Cuvier's influential classification of the animal kingdom according to structural organization. This English-language translation of part of Le règne animal offers a foundational survey of zoological groups with plates and scholarly apparatus that reflect the scientific ambitions of the period. Of particular interest to collectors and researchers in the history of science comparative anatomy and early zoological taxonomy. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB13000264Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 670 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1840. Natural history compendium presenting the animal kingdom arranged according to organization with sections covering mammals birds reptiles fishes radiata molluscous animals and articulated animals. The volume reflects the systematic zoology of the period and is of interest for the history of natural science taxonomy and Victorian scientific publishing. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
