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BARON GEORGE CUVIER (1769-1832)
The Animal Kingdom ... with Additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith, London: G.B. Whittaker, 1827-35. 16 volumes. 8° (240 x 146mm.). 798 engraved plates only (of 800, lacks 2 insect plates), 673 hand-coloured. (Some light foxing and offsetting). Contemporary half russia, spines gilt (some spines and split hinges repaired but a tear in spine of volume XIV). Provenance: G.S. Foljambe (bookplate).
First English edition and the most important translation of Cuvier's work, not only for incorporating his own discourse on avian anatomy, but also for the addition of many species not covered in previous editions. Anker 110; Brunet II, 457; Freeman 892; Nissen ZBI 1015; Zimmer pp.153-55. (16)
The Animal Kingdom ... with Additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith, London: G.B. Whittaker, 1827-35. 16 volumes. 8° (240 x 146mm.). 798 engraved plates only (of 800, lacks 2 insect plates), 673 hand-coloured. (Some light foxing and offsetting). Contemporary half russia, spines gilt (some spines and split hinges repaired but a tear in spine of volume XIV). Provenance: G.S. Foljambe (bookplate).
First English edition and the most important translation of Cuvier's work, not only for incorporating his own discourse on avian anatomy, but also for the addition of many species not covered in previous editions. Anker 110; Brunet II, 457; Freeman 892; Nissen ZBI 1015; Zimmer pp.153-55. (16)
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