Lot 81
Zoology.- Cuvier (Georges C.L., Baron) Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son organisation, 4 vol., first edition, Paris, 1817.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Zoology.- Cuvier (Georges C.L., Baron) Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son organisation, 4 vol., first edition, 15 engraved plates, occasional foxing, Le Cte. Fréderic de Pourtales bookplates, contemporary half calf, gilt spines, vol. 3 backstrip working loose, a few repairs to spine ends and joints, joints split, some rubbing to extremities, [PMM 276; Dibner, Heralds of Science 195; Nissen ZBI 1013], 8vo, Paris, 1817.
⁂ Rare first edition of this classic work which Singer, in his 'History of Biology', describes as "the most comprehensive biological work since Linnaeus."
Description
Zoology.- Cuvier (Georges C.L., Baron) Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son organisation, 4 vol., first edition, 15 engraved plates, occasional foxing, Le Cte. Fréderic de Pourtales bookplates, contemporary half calf, gilt spines, vol. 3 backstrip working loose, a few repairs to spine ends and joints, joints split, some rubbing to extremities, [PMM 276; Dibner, Heralds of Science 195; Nissen ZBI 1013], 8vo, Paris, 1817.
⁂ Rare first edition of this classic work which Singer, in his 'History of Biology', describes as "the most comprehensive biological work since Linnaeus."
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