CUVIER, Georges L.C. Baron (1769-1832). The Animal Kingdom. London: G. Henderson, 1834, 1837. 789 engraved plates (many hand-colored) relating to natural history.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $563
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Lot Description
CUVIER, Georges L.C. Baron (1769-1832). The Animal Kingdom. London: G. Henderson, 1834, 1837.
4 volumes in 8, comprising 4 text volumes and 4 atlas volumes, 8vo (214 x 133 mm). 7 engraved portraits (4 frontispieces), 8 engraved title-pages, 789 (of 789) engraved plates (751 hand-colored, many heightened with gum arabic, 8 folding). (Some stab holes in margins, some browning, some offsetting, 1 closed tear repaired verso.) Contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards, each with 2 calf lettering-pieces gilt (overall wear, several spines defective). Provenance: A.B. Valentine (signatures, some annotations).
A later edition of Henry McMurtrie’s translation of Cuvier’s landmark work on anatomy, taxonomy, and classification. The present copy with the complete number of plates called for by Nissen and accounted for in the index, but with slight variations to plate numbering (complete details available on request). Anker 110; Brunet II: 457; Nissen ZBI 1016; Zimmer pp. 153-55.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana
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