Frederic Georges CuvierBiblio.com
1 301 résultats
1333178972.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1630Flo406<p>Very good set of the Mammals and Birds volumes from Cuvier's huge <em>Dictionary of Natural Sciences</em> bound in one</p><p>Complete with all 100 engraved plates of mammals and 119 engraved plates of birds</p><p>Animals include the extinct quagga and white-fronted icterus. Birds include the extinct orange-wattled kokako Alagoas curassow and Cuban red macaw.</p><p>All the illustrations by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin and engraved by Louis Massard his wife Madame Massard and daughter Mademoiselle Massard Mademoiselle Coignet Rebel and his wife Madame Rebel Carnonkel David Victor Guyard Plee Bourey etc.</p><p>Part 1 Mammifères: Title page 13pp table of plates index 100 engraved plates; Part 2 Ornithologie: Title page 16pp table of plates index 119 engraved plates.</p><p>Part of Cuvier's massive <em>Dictionary of Natural Sciences</em> that was published in 60 text volumes and 13 plate volumes from 1816 to 1830.</p><p>Jean-Gabriel Prêtre 1768-1849 was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated a large number of books for Cuvier Louis Pierre Vieillot René Primevère Lesson Comte de Lacépède Richard Achille and many other French zoologists.</p><p>Pierre Jean François Turpin 1775-1840 was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and after.</p><p>Half brown leather with gilt title spine rubbed red cloth boards stained and scratched marble endpapers book block solid. All plates mounted on hinges text and plates with foxing and spotting to edges pencil numbers to all plates but engravings very crisp and sharp.</p><p>Good uncoloured set of this increasingly rare series by two giants of natural history illustration.</p> F. G. Levrault hardcover
0265506859.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0266638805.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0656914084.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0666302863.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0282701265.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0282505334.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0282696164.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0282372075.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0265628717.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0265625742.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0331223791.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0282721843.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
028269725X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332089622.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1630Flo472<p>Very good print of bears from the <em>Dictionary of Natural Sciences</em></p><p>Polar bear and brown bear</p><p>Stipple copperplate engraving with superb colour in very good condition</p><p>Brown bear Ursus arctos arctos and polar bear Ursus maritimus vulnerable.</p><p>Illustration by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre under the direction of Pierre Jean François Turpin engraved by Carnonkel</p><p>Jean-Gabriel Prêtre 1768-1849 was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated a large number of books for Cuvier Louis Pierre Vieillot René Primevère Lesson Comte de Lacépède Richard Achille and many other French zoologists.</p><p>Pierre Jean François Turpin 1775-1840 was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and after.</p> F. G. Levrault hardcover
0266650287.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0260988324.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0265640695.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0259284262.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0265346800.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0266161766.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
78033Paris A. Belin 1824. Large folio approximately 53 x 35 cm. Finely hand-coloured lithographed plate. Not bound as issued. = Issued as part of a magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. From this work this is the ferret. A pencilled annotation states that this is plate 148. Uncut untrimmed resulting in very big margins. Some staining above the printing; otherwise in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
78034Paris A. Belin 1824. Large folio approximately 49 x 32 cm. Finely hand-coloured lithographed plate. Not bound as issued. = Issued as part of a magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals from all over the world. The authors Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1772-1844 and Fréderic Cuvier 1769-1832 were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. From this work this is the genet a cat-like carnivore living in Africa and ssouthern Europe. A pencilled annotation states that this is plate 143. edges cut but with very ample margins; only the bottom edge still rough; very lightly toned a short tear in the upper margin otherwise in a very good condition. Brunet II p. 1536; Nissen ZBI 1525; Casey Wood p. 354. unknown
