CUVIER, [GEORGES LEOPOLD DAGOBERT]. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son Organisation. Paris, 1817. 15 engraved plates. 4 volumes bound in 2. 8vo, contemporary green french morocco with walled edges, minor wear to edges, light rubbing; very few margins croped, page 191/92 (blank?) of vols. 4 lacking. PMM 276. (2)

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CUVIER, [GEORGES LEOPOLD DAGOBERT]. Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son Organisation. Paris, 1817. 15 engraved plates. 4 volumes bound in 2. 8vo, contemporary green french morocco with walled edges, minor wear to edges, light rubbing; very few margins croped, page 191/92 (blank?) of vols. 4 lacking. PMM 276. (2)

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"Cuviers powers of observation, description and classification were considerable and povided indispensable data for further investigation. By this means, notable in 'The Animal Kingdom', he laid foundations of comparative anatomy..." -- PMM 276.

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