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CUVIER, Georges L.C., Baron (1769-1832). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour server de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris: A. Belin for Deterville, 1817.
First edition, extremely rare in the original wrappers, of the work that laid the foundations of comparative anatomy. ‘The most influential exposition of the typological approach to animal classification, representing the greatest body of zoological facts that had yet been assembled; it served as the standard zoological manual for most of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century (Norman). Norman 567; PMM 276.
4 volumes, octavo (214 x 135mm). Half-titles, 16pp bookseller’s catalogue in vol. I, 15engraved plates after Laurillard, with the blanks iii8 in vol. I and ii8 in vol. III (without blank i8 in vol. II, some spotting). Original pink wrappers, paper spine labels, untrimmed and partially unopened (wrappers worn at extremities, some splitting at spines); individually chemised, all housed within a red cloth slipcase. Provenance: ‘La Bibliotheque de Mlle. Honorine Balleroy’ (label on half-titles in vols. II-IV).
First edition, extremely rare in the original wrappers, of the work that laid the foundations of comparative anatomy. ‘The most influential exposition of the typological approach to animal classification, representing the greatest body of zoological facts that had yet been assembled; it served as the standard zoological manual for most of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century (Norman). Norman 567; PMM 276.
4 volumes, octavo (214 x 135mm). Half-titles, 16pp bookseller’s catalogue in vol. I, 15engraved plates after Laurillard, with the blanks iii8 in vol. I and ii8 in vol. III (without blank i8 in vol. II, some spotting). Original pink wrappers, paper spine labels, untrimmed and partially unopened (wrappers worn at extremities, some splitting at spines); individually chemised, all housed within a red cloth slipcase. Provenance: ‘La Bibliotheque de Mlle. Honorine Balleroy’ (label on half-titles in vols. II-IV).
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