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Lot 127

Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
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CUVIER, Georges L. C., Baron (1769-1832). A sammelband of 16 articles originally appearing in the Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, ca 1802-1815. Comprising: 


Mémoire Sur les Céphalopodes -- Mémoire Sur la Limace...et le Colimaçon -- Mémoire Sur l'Haliotide, ou Orielle de Mer... -- Mémoire Sur l'Animal de la Lingule -- Mémoire Sur le Genre Doris -- Mémoire Sur les Thalides...et sur les Biphores -- Mémoire Concernant l'animal de l'Hyale, un nouveau genre de mollusques nus... -- Mémoire Sur la Scyllée, l'Eolide et le Glaucus... -- Mémoire Sur la Dolabelle, sur la Testacelle... -- Mémoire Sur l'Onchidie, genre de Mollusques nus... -- Mémoire Sur la vivipare d'eau douce... -- Mémoire Sur le grand Buccin de nos côtes...
Mémoire Sur le genre thethys... -- Mémoire Sur la Janthine et sur la Phasianelle de M. Lamarck -- Mémoire Sur le Acères, ou Gastéropodes san tentacules apparens -- Mémoire Sur les animaux des Anatifes et des Balanes Lam.

Together, 16 works in one volume, 4to (257 x 204 mm). Several lithographed plates throughout. (Some light spotting, a few small pencil marks.) Contemporary morocco-backed boards (some light wear).

A collection of 16 articles by Cuvier on mollusks. Despite differences among snails, cockles, and cuttlefish in terms of shell shape and diet, Cuvier recognized a noticeable pattern in their overall appearance, and categorized them into a category he termed "molluscs" (Mollusca). He began intensive study on mollusks at Normandy, and the majority of his papers on mollusks were published in the Annales du museum d'Histoire Naturelle between 1802 and 1815.


Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

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