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[NATURAL HISTORY] - CUVIER (Baron Georges) - Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux [...] - Paris ; Fortin, Masson et Cie, [1836-1849] - 20 volumes large In-8° - Scattered freckles, pronounced on a few leaves and yellowed leaves on the text volumes, rare and pale freckles on the plates - 10 volumes of text and 10 volumes of atlas distributed as follows: EDWARDS (Milne) - LAURILLARD - ROULIN - Mammals - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 121 plates - ORBIGNY (Alcide d') - Birds - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 102 plates - DUVERNOY (M.) - Reptiles - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 46 plates - VALENCIENNES (A.) - Fishes - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas composed of 122 plates - AUDOUIN - BLANCHARD - DOYÈRE - DEDWARDS (Milne) - Insects - 2 volumes of text, 2 volumes of atlas composed of 202 plates - DESHAYES (G. P.) - Molluscs - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 152 plates - EDWARDS (Milne) - Crustaceans - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 87 plates - EDWARDS (Milne) - Zoophytes - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 100 plates - DUGÈS (Ant.) - EDWARDS (Milne) - Arachnids - Annelids - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas consisting of 60 plates - 992 engraved plates (out of 992), all mounted on tabs, the vast majority hand-colored, some gummed, some folding, some on double page, with explanatory text on thin paper opposite - Bound in cherry half-chagrin with corners - 1st covers with engraved medallion with the portrait of Cuvier preserved - Spine with golden titled nerves - Heads gilt - Good copy complete with its plates. The edition of Cuvier's works was published in 1817 in 4 volumes, a 2nd edition in 5 volumes was published in 1828. Cuvier died in 1832 and the production of a new edition of the Animal Kingdom was announced in early 1836. New scientists (Milne Edwards, Audouin, d'Orbigny, Valenciennes, etc.) were recruited and called themselves "Les Disciples de Cuvier" and kept this name for this new edition. This encyclopedic work faithfully reproduces the text of Cuvier, enriched with new scientific discoveries.
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[NATURAL HISTORY] - CUVIER (Baron Georges) - Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux [...] - Paris ; Fortin, Masson et Cie, [1836-1849] - 20 volumes large In-8° - Scattered freckles, pronounced on a few leaves and yellowed leaves on the text volumes, rare and pale freckles on the plates - 10 volumes of text and 10 volumes of atlas distributed as follows: EDWARDS (Milne) - LAURILLARD - ROULIN - Mammals - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 121 plates - ORBIGNY (Alcide d') - Birds - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 102 plates - DUVERNOY (M.) - Reptiles - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 46 plates - VALENCIENNES (A.) - Fishes - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas composed of 122 plates - AUDOUIN - BLANCHARD - DOYÈRE - DEDWARDS (Milne) - Insects - 2 volumes of text, 2 volumes of atlas composed of 202 plates - DESHAYES (G. P.) - Molluscs - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 152 plates - EDWARDS (Milne) - Crustaceans - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 87 plates - EDWARDS (Milne) - Zoophytes - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas with 100 plates - DUGÈS (Ant.) - EDWARDS (Milne) - Arachnids - Annelids - 1 volume of text, 1 volume of atlas consisting of 60 plates - 992 engraved plates (out of 992), all mounted on tabs, the vast majority hand-colored, some gummed, some folding, some on double page, with explanatory text on thin paper opposite - Bound in cherry half-chagrin with corners - 1st covers with engraved medallion with the portrait of Cuvier preserved - Spine with golden titled nerves - Heads gilt - Good copy complete with its plates. The edition of Cuvier's works was published in 1817 in 4 volumes, a 2nd edition in 5 volumes was published in 1828. Cuvier died in 1832 and the production of a new edition of the Animal Kingdom was announced in early 1836. New scientists (Milne Edwards, Audouin, d'Orbigny, Valenciennes, etc.) were recruited and called themselves "Les Disciples de Cuvier" and kept this name for this new edition. This encyclopedic work faithfully reproduces the text of Cuvier, enriched with new scientific discoveries.
