4 volumes, 8vo (211 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and title page to each volume, approximately 730 engraved plates, the majority hand-colored. (Some spotting throughout, heavier to preliminary leaves; few short tears to some plates.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (worn, spines damaged). Provenance: Henry Darlington (gift inscription, 12 April 1892).

 

A later edition of Henry McMurtrie's translation of Cuvier's famous work on anatomy, taxonomy, and classification.