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4 volumes, 8vo (205 x 127 mm) XXXVII, 540 pp. for volume I; XVIII, 532 pp. for volume II; XXIX, 653 pp. for volume III; VIII, 255 pp., 15 copper plates engraved by Pierron and Louvet after Laurillard for volume IV. Contemporary tree-calf, doulbe gilt filet on covers, flat spines gilt, marbled edges (slightly rubbed, one head of spine nicked).
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Nissen, ZBI, 1013 ; Nissen, IVB, 213 (note) ; Ronsil p. 700 ; PMM 276 ; Garrison-Morton 327 (“Cuvier’s most comprehensive work”).
First edition.
Édition originale. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) gives here the sequel to his magnum opus Recherches sur les ossement fossiles, published five years earlier in 1812. The Règne Animal provides the first scientific basis for comparative anatomy.
“[Cuvier’s] powers of observation, description and classification were considerable and provided indispensable data for further investigation. By this means, notably in The Animal kingdom, he laid the foundations of comparative anatomy, just as in Researches on Fossil Remains… It is in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups, Vertebrata, Mollusca, Articulata, and Radiata, that he so notably succeeded in giving a lead that has been followed by all of his successors” (PMM).
Good copy, preserved in an elegant binding.
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