LACEPEDE - DESMAREST - CUVIERLivre Rare Book
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185519253Histoire Naturelle de Lacépède comprenant les Cétacés, les Quadrupèdes ovipares, les Serpents et les Poissons. 2 volumes.Nouvelle édition, précédée de l'éloge de Lacépède par Cuvier, avec des Notes et la nouvelle Classification de M. A.-G. Desmarest, Correspondant de l'Académie des Sciences, Membre de l'Académie de Médecine, Professeur de Biologie à l'École vétérinaire d'Alfort, etc.Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie. - 1855 - XII, 668 et 647 pages. Imprimé sur 2 colonnes. 36 planches hors-texte aquarellées par Édouard Traviès, peintre animalier, illustrateur et lithographe.Reliure demi chagrin rouge de l'époque. Dos à nerfs aux titre, auteur et caissons dorés. Rares rousseurs. Bon état. Format in-4°(27x18).Bernard-Germain de Lacépède (1756-1825) se lie d'amitié avec Buffon qui l'encourage à étudier l'histoire naturelle. Il fait paraître, en 1788-1789, son Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpents. Il s'agit du premier ouvrage d'envergure sur les amphibiens et les reptiles destiné à un large public. L'oeuvre de Lacépède contribue à favoriser l'étude de ces animaux.
186717764Nouvelle édition, précédée de l'éloge de Lacépède par Cuvier, avec des Notes et la nouvelle classification de M. A.-G. Desmarest, Correspondant de l'Académie des Sciences, Membre de l'Académie de Médecine, Professeur de Biologie à l'École vétérinaire d'Alfort, etc.Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie. 1867 - XII, 668 et 648 pages. Imprimé sur 2 colonnes. 36 planches hors-texte colorées par Édouard Traviès, peintre animalier, illustrateur et lithographe.Reliure demi chagrin rouge à coins de l'époque. Plats percaline rouge. Dos à nerfs aux titre, auteur et filets dorés. Dos tachés. Des rousseurs sur les serpentes et sur les pages de texte. Quelques rousseurs sur le bord des gravures. Bon état. Format in-4°(27x17).
183629867AB3 Bände. Bruxelles, L. Hauman, 1836. 8°. Mit 24 gest. Tafeln. Halbleinenbände der Zeit.
183629867AB1836. 3 Bände. Bruxelles L. Hauman 1836. 8°. Mit 24 gest. Tafeln. Halbleinenbände der Zeit. Vgl. Nissen 1013 für die erste Ausgabe. - Dritte Ausgabe erschien erstmals 1817 in Paris. - Papier durchgehend gebräunt und stockfleckig. Einbände berieben und bestossen. unknown
184909195London: Wm. S. Orr and Co 1849. Very Good. Large Octavo 718 pages; contemporary full leather marbled edges and end papers; illustrated with 300 engravings on wood and 34 on steel of which 29 are hand-colored. Plates and text are clean and bright. Neat owner presentation on fep. <br/><br/> Wm. S. Orr and Co hardcover books
18359023845London: Whittaker and Co 1835. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards five raised bands on the spine. Stamped title and rules on the spine. New endpapers. Light foxing to original endpapers and title page else fine. <br/><br/> Whittaker and Co hardcover
184909195London: Wm. S. Orr and Co 1849. Very Good. Large Octavo 718 pages; contemporary full leather marbled edges and end papers; illustrated with 300 engravings on wood and 34 on steel of which 29 are hand-colored. Plates and text are clean and bright. Neat owner presentation on fep. <br/><br/> Wm. S. Orr and Co hardcover
182619716Paris:: Chez Baudouin Freres 1826-1828. First edition. contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards; gilt spines; all edges marbled. Some scattered inoffensive foxing; very light use to the attractive bindings. 8vo. Chez Baudouin Freres, hardcover
181935267F.G. Levrault | Strasbourg 1819 | 12 x 20 cm | relié
18359023845London: Whittaker and Co 1835. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards five raised bands on the spine. Stamped title and rules on the spine. New endpapers. Light foxing to original endpapers and title page else fine. <br/><br/> Whittaker and Co hardcover books
1833A38373London: Whittaker Treacher and Co. 1833. viii 540 60 fully or partly hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo recent buckram leather title piece. Fine clean copy. Fine hand-coloured engraved plates.Nissen ZBI 1015; BMNH 410. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. hardcover
182525118Paris: G. Duffer et Ed. D'Ocagne 1825. Third edition 8vo pp. 4 ii 400; 2 folding tables and 5 engraved folding plates; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine; small crack starting at top of front joint else very good and sound. "The Discours often reprinted and translated into many languages drew its inspiration from the geological concept of A. Brongniart" DSB. <br/><br/> G. Duffer et Ed. D'Ocagne hardcover books
1804815London: Alexander Tilloch 1804. 1st Edition. BOUND FIRST EDITION OF A LETTER ON THE ATOMIC THEORY IN CHEMISTRY FROM JOHN DALTON to Alexander Tilloch founder of the journal in which this paper is published. Also included are papers of import by Gay-Lussac Biot and Cuvier.<br /> <br /> John Dalton 1766-1844 was an English chemist meteorologist and physicist best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory the atomic theory in chemistry.<br /> <br /> "Dalton applied the Laws of Conservation of Mass and Definite Composition to explain his Atomic Theory. He developed the chemical theory in 1803 and told Thomas Thomson University of Edinburgh about it in 1804" Greenberg A Chemical History 172. <br /> <br /> This paper is Dalton's response to a conclusion the chemist and professor Thomas Thomson leveled regarding Dalton's Atomic Theory; specifically: in the 2nd edition of his influential A System of Chemistry Thomson wrote "that air is a chemical compound"; he then offered four reasons for his conclusion. <br /> Dalton believed that he had already well-proven "the absurdity of the notion of atmospherical air being a chemical compound of azotic and oxygens gases" Dalton On the Supposed 19 1804 p. 79. The object of the Dalton paper offered here then is to show the "insufficiency" of Thomson's four reasons; to do so Dalton debunks each of Thomson's four ‘reasons' one by one.<br /> <br /> ALSO INCLUDED: An exceedingly rare first edition in English of Jean-Baptiste Biot's paper "Account of an Aerostatic Voyage" describing his landmark balloon ascent with Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac. The scientific readings that Biot and Gay-Lussac took during their ascent established that the Earth's magnetic field extends into the atmosphere. "The ascent was notable in that it was undertaken entirely for scientific purposes. The primary purpose was to find whether the magnetic intensity of the earth decreased at great altitudes as had been suggested by Horace de Saussure's experiments in the Alps. From their experiments in which they timed the oscillations of a magnetized needle at various altitudes Biot and Gay-Lussac concluded that up to 4000 meters there was not change" DSB II p. 134-135. <br /> <br /> ALSO INCLUDED: "Osteological Description of the one-horned Rhinoceros" is the first English edition of the first part of an important paper by the celebrated zoologist and naturalist Georges Cuvier on the one-horned rhinoceros one-horned Indian rhinoceros; Rhinoceros unicornis. It has been said that Georges Cuvier possessed one of the finest minds in history. Almost single-handedly he founded vertebrate paleontology as a scientific discipline and created the comparative method of organismal biology an incredibly powerful tool. It was Cuvier who firmly established the fact of the extinction of past life forms. CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Alexander Tilloch. Complete volume. 8vo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 4 400 pages. Illustration: Nine copper-engraved plates with light to moderate age toning and foxing. Tightly and very solidly bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt-lettered and ruled at the spine. The leather on spine is a bit scuffed and the spine tips are rubbed. Binding is tight and sturdy and overall in very good condition. Interior: Title page is moderately foxed. Light to moderate foxing from preliminaries through page 20; moderate foxing on the final few plates. The remainder of interior including all papers of import is very clean. Very good condition. Alexander Tilloch hardcover
183274945Whittaker Treacher and Co. London 1832. hardback. Very Good condition. 2 volumes in three bound in contemporary blue cloth with gold lettering and a gold name on the bottom of the spines. there is a rubber stamped number on the bottom of the title pages. there is some spotting throughout There are bookplates in each volume Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London hardcover
181935267Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault 1819. Fine. F.G. Levrault Strasbourg 1819 12 x 20 cm relié First edition a sequel would appear in 1827 then another until 1832. Contemporary half sheep binding in brown. Smooth spine with fillet and roulette. Yellow edges. Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences it was Cuvier's responsibility to compose these biographies of celebrated scientists who had been members. These were read during public sessions; the first volume brings together the speeches delivered from 1799 to 1810 the second from 1810 to 1819. The work also contains Cuvier's reception speech at the Academy as well as a preface on the future of sciences. F.G. Levrault unknown
181076297Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1810, in-8, XVI-394-[1] pp, broché, couverture d'attente, Édition originale de ce rapport qui couvre un large champs des sciences : Cuvier y traite de la chimie, de l'étude de la chaleur, de la lumière et de l'électricité et de l'histoire naturelle dans une acceptation large, couvrant la météorologie, l'hydrologie, la minéralogie, la géologie, l'anatomie, la physiologie, ainsi que la botanique et la zoologie. Le naturaliste souligne l'importance des travaux de Haüy dans le domaine de la cristallographie et repère deux révolutions majeures : celle que Lavoisier a opéré dans le domaine de la chimie et celle que Jussieu et lui-même ont initié avec la méthode naturelle de classification systématisée. "Les innovations techniques et médicales ne sont pas oubliées, mais sont considérées comme des applications des progrès scientifiques. À travers éloges des savants et explications didactiques des découvertes, Cuvier se fait un point d'honneur de reconnaître les apports étrangers. Cependant le souci de la gloire nationale fait bon ménage avec l'universalisme puisqu'il entend que la France impériale se distingue par son impartialité" (Drouin). Cette publication est parallèle à celle des rapports de Delambre sur les mathématiques (Rapport historique sur les progrès des sciences mathématiques) et de Dacier sur la littérature (Rapport historique sur les progrès de l'histoire et de la littérature ancienne), parus la même année et présentés au Conseil d'état : ces tableaux des progrès des sciences depuis 1789 avaient été prescrits par les Consuls le 13 ventôse an X et préparés par les ministres de l'Intérieur, Chaptal en 1803 et Champagny en 1807. Exemplaire tel que paru, non rogné, sous couverture d'attente de papier à la cuve bleu. Petites rousseurs claires. Couverture défraîchie, avec petit manque au second plat et taches sur le premier. Jean-Marc Drouin, « Un espace "aussi vaste que fertile" : les sciences naturelles dans le rapport de Cuvier », Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 320, avril-juin 2000. Couverture rigide
183125690sD11London: Whittaker Treacher and Co. 1831 The Class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon481pp plus 110pp being a synopsis of the species by J.E.Gray.56 full page engraved platesSmall chip to spine title panel with no loss of text.Book size 250x165mm. Whittaker, Treacher and Co. hardcover
183043607London: Whittaker Treacher & Co 1830. <p>Cuvier Georges L. F. C. D. 1769-1832 and Pidgeon Edward. The fossil remains of the animal kingdom. 4 544pp. 49 engraved plates some double-page some folding folding table. London: Whittaker Treacher & Co. 1830. 221 x 142 mm. uncut and partly unopened. Original blindstamped cloth gilt-lettered spine some spotting. Minor foxing but very good.</p> <p> First Edition. This work was published as Vol. XI of The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with its Organization 1827-35 an English translation of Cuvier's Le règne animal 1817 with additional materials. The present volume is "apparently a supplement Pidgeon prepared for Cuvier's Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles" Smith p. 188 and includes illustrations reproduced from that work. The question of human contemporaneity with extinct fossil mammalia is discussed on pp. 21-36: "The result then of all our investigations serves to prove that the human race was not coeval with the fossil genera and species: for no reason can be assigned why man should have escaped from the revolutions which destroyed those other beings nor if he did not escape why his remains should not be found intermingled with theirs" p. 22. Scheuchzer's Homo diluvii testis later shown to be the fossilized remains of an extinct giant salamander is discussed on pp. 333-334. OCLC states that this volume is called "Supplementary volume on the fossils"; however this notice is not present in this copy. Smith Georges Cuvier: An Annotated Bibliography of his Published Works no. 751 note.</p> . Whittaker, Treacher & Co unknown books
183725143London: G. Henderson 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Full collection of the engravings from the four volume atlas neatly trimmed just outside the margin retains all printed text and beautifully laid out in an album complete with the title page. A full suite of plates for this edition a total of 435 plates Mammalia 48 Birds 67 Reptiles 30 Fishes 70 Insects 104 Arachnids 6 Crustaceans 38 Annelides 10 Molluscs 38 and Zoophytes 24.<br /> <br /> The classic work of the French naturalist Georges Cuvier 1769 - 1832 containing the results of his extensive research into the structure of living and fossil animals.<br /> <br /> Folio album 108 pp 4 plates laid down to a page marbled end papers. In an early binding quarter green buckram and dark green buckram boards. Covers slightly dusty the cloth spine intact with some cracks; small amateur cloth repair at front board. The plates at the last leaf with some toning otherwise bright and clean. G. Henderson hardcover
18313535New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With 19 of 20 plates lacking the first plate in Volume 1. Modern calf-backed marbled boards; some foxing to text leaves in Volume 1 otherwise a very good clean copy. Bookplate in each volume of the Newburyport Public Library and dated in manuscript Jan. 8 1859 plus book label on the rear paste-down. First American edition of a landmark in the history of zoology and comparative anatomy the most comprehensive biological work since Linnaeus. “Cuvier’s valuable work represented the fruits of a lifetime’s study of living and fossil animals. In his day Cuvier exerted an enormous influence on science. He played a leading part in the development of the science of palaeontology and stimulated the study of comparative anatomy†G&M. <br /> <br /> “It is in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata that he is so notably succeeded in giving a lead that has been followed by all his successors. . .Cuvier was the first to apply analyses and comparison to the entire animal kingdom. He also saw that this homogeneity in an individual should enable a competent naturalist to reconstruct a complete animal from any significant part of its anatomy†PMM. G. & C. & H. Carvill unknown
1822019802Edinburgh and London: Printed for William Blackwood Edinburgh; and T. Cadell Strand London 1822. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Octavo 8vo. xxiv 454 pages of text. Full calf binding is rubbed with moderate shelfwear; rebacked in calf with original spine laid down. Complete with a frontisportrait and four plates all of which are lightly browned and foxed. Previous owner's engraved armorial bookplate on the inside front cover: Richard Hugh Sennett. First and final pages of text are moderately foxed. A few pages with minor creasing to the corners and a few pages with old pencil notations. Height = 216mm 8.5 inches. Fourth edition. . Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London Hardcover books
182740972<p><strong>1827 1ed Animal Kingdom Baron Cuvier Class Mammalia Naturalist 52 Color Plates </strong></p><p>"<em>The Animal Kingdom</em>" originally by Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Baron Cuvier is a comprehensive zoology work translated and expanded by British naturalist Edward Griffith. This collection focuses on the classification of animals particularly vertebrates and provides a detailed analysis of their anatomy and organization. Upon translation Griffith added descriptions alongside commissioning a myriad of hand-colored illustrations to make the book more accessible and appealing to a broader audience.</p><p>This first edition of the fourth volume from "<em>The Animal Kingdom</em>" collection as well as fourth volume of the section entitled "<em>Class Mammalia</em>" includes 52 color plates depicting lama alpacas elk deer antelope ibex goats sheep buffalo bison oxen and dolphins!</p><p>Item number: #40972</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>CUVIER Baron; GRIFFITH Edward Editor; Transl.; SMITH Major Charles Hamilton; PIDGEON Edward</p><p><strong><em>The Animal Kingdom. The Class Mammalia Arranged by the Baron Cuvier with Specific Descriptions by Edward Griffith Major Charles Hamilton Smith and Edward Pidgeon. Volume the Fourth.</em></strong></p><p>London: Geo. B. Whittaker 1827. First English edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; Volume IV</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->6 498 2</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong>52 colored plates</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Lowndes 575; Merz 133; Waggoner <em>Georges Cuvier</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~10in X 6.25in 25cm x 16cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>40972</p><p>Photos available upno request. </p> Geo. B. Whittaker hardcover
183158343New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Full sprinkled sheep titled on brown leather spine labels top edges stained grey all edges sprinkled; plain endpapers; vol. 1: xxxii4482pp; vol. 2: iiv-xvi4651pp; vol. 3: xx5751pp; vol. 4: xii 5451pp; 20 black and white engravings. Multiple nineteenth- and twentieth-century ownership marks to front endpapers. A sound set scuffed but straight some joints cracking but still holding firm lacking two of four spine labels internally browned and foxed: around Very Good. <br /> <br /> Cuvier's work "laid the foundations of comparative anatomy": "in his classification of the animal kingdom into four main groups Vertebrata Mollusca Articulata and Radiata" he gave "a lead that has been followed by all his successors" Printing and the Mind of Man 276. His friend Pierre André Latreille assisted with the section on arthropods. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 6757. For the first edition see GARRISON-MORTON 327. G. & C. & H. Carvill unknown
1802003258London: T.N. Longman & O. Rees 1802. Ink shelf numbers on spines; bookplates; several ink stamps; tears in two tables partly repaired with archival tape; lacking half-titles. First Edition in English. Buckram. Good. T.N. Longman & O. Rees Hardcover
181869220Kirk & Mercein 1818. Hardcover. Collectable very good. Original 1818 publication and printing. Rebound in green marbled boards and tan spine. Published by Kirk & Mercein 413pp 3 pages of plates. CONDITION: Cover almost like new name in old script on title page and inside front cover otherwise no marks or writing. section of pages with text is moderately tanned light foxing. Very nice condition. We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. Kirk & Mercein, hardcover
