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CUVIER, Georges Léopold, Baron de (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.
16 volumes (including the index), 8° (242 x 142mm). 805 engraved plates, 677 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, 12 of the plain plates folding, folding printed table in volume XI. (Without the list of plates in vol. II, occasional staining and offsetting.) Late 19th-century polished calf gilt, red and green labels on spines, gilt edges. Provenance: Christopher Turnor, Stoke Rochford Library (bookplate).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this classic work by the great naturalist Baron Cuvier. Nissen ZBI 1015 (calling for 799 plates). (16)
16 volumes (including the index), 8° (242 x 142mm). 805 engraved plates, 677 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, 12 of the plain plates folding, folding printed table in volume XI. (Without the list of plates in vol. II, occasional staining and offsetting.) Late 19th-century polished calf gilt, red and green labels on spines, gilt edges. Provenance: Christopher Turnor, Stoke Rochford Library (bookplate).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this classic work by the great naturalist Baron Cuvier. Nissen ZBI 1015 (calling for 799 plates). (16)
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