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CUVIER, Georges L.C., Baron (1769-1832). Tableau lmentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris: Baudouin, 1797-1798.
8o (204 x 125 mm). 14 engraved plates. Contemporary olive green morocco gilt, spine in six compartments, five red morocco onlays within double raised bands; gilt inner dentelles, silk doublures and silk linnings, g.e., binder's ticket "Reli par Bisiaux..." on verso of front free endpaper, with the address altered in ink from "Rue du Foin St. Jacques No 32" to "Rue des Carmes No I," in modern half morocco chemise and slipcase.
Provenance: M.E. Leparmentier-d'Hricy (with inserted letterpress presentation leaf); Mortimer Schiff (bookplate, sale Sotheby's, 6 Dec. 1938, lot 1474 to Dulau); U. Prost (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, with printed presentation by Cuvier to his patroness, presumably in presentation binding. Cuvier's first separate work, contains the first classification of the animal kingdom. De Ricci French signed bindings in the Schiff collection II, 127; Nissen ZBI 1012; Norman 564.
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Provenance: M.E. Leparmentier-d'Hricy (with inserted letterpress presentation leaf); Mortimer Schiff (bookplate, sale Sotheby's, 6 Dec. 1938, lot 1474 to Dulau); U. Prost (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, with printed presentation by Cuvier to his patroness, presumably in presentation binding. Cuvier's first separate work, contains the first classification of the animal kingdom. De Ricci French signed bindings in the Schiff collection II, 127; Nissen ZBI 1012; Norman 564.