CUVIER (Georges). Leçons d'anatomie comparée. Paris, Baudoui - Lot 32

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CUVIER (Georges). Leçons d'anatomie comparée. Paris, Baudoui - Lot 32
CUVIER (Georges). Leçons d'anatomie comparée. Paris, Baudouin, An VIII [1800]-XIV-1805. 5 vol. in-8° of xxxj, 1 bl., 521, [1] pp. 7 folding tables; xvj, 697, [3] pp.; xxviij, 558, [2] pp.; xij, 539, [3] pp.; vij, 1 bl, 568 pp. 52 pl. half-brown basane with white corners, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco t.p., green morocco tom. p., speckled edges. (Contemporary binding). First edition "now rare" (Brunet) of this major work on comparative anatomy. Complete with 7 classification tables (animals, birds, reptiles, mollusks, worms, insects and zoophytes) and 52 engraved plates. Engraved bookplate of Etienne MARTIN le Jeune (1772-1846), surgeon-major at the Charité in Lyon; he introduced vaccinia to Lyon in 1801 and founded a museum of anatomy and pathology at the Charité, constantly updated with dissection specimens from his students. Brunet, II, 458. 2 small chips to pl. I, without affecting the drawing, some slight defects to the binding. A good copy, with an interesting provenance.
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