Lot 435
French natural history and miscellaneous, including Cuvier, G.L.C., Baron
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Tableau élémentaire naturelle des animaux. Paris, [1798]. 2 volumes, 8vo, covers detached; [Idem] Lecons d'anatomie comparée. Paris, [1800-1805]. Volumes 1-2 and 4-5 ( of 5), 7 folding tables, 52 engraved tables; Savigny, J.C. Mémoires sur les animaux sans vertèbres. Paris, 1816. 2 volumes, 32 plates, some hand-coloured, half calf; Barthez, P.J. Nouvelle méchanique des mouvements de l'homme et des animaux. Carcasonne, 1798. 4to, half calf, rubbed; Risso, A. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale. Paris, 1826. 5 volumes, 8vo, uncoloured plates, quarter green morocco, rubbed; Quatrefages, A. de Hommes fossiles et hommes sauvages. 1884; Barrande, J. Systeme Silurien du centre de la Bohème. Paris, 1852. 4to, volume 1 only, half calf, lacks spine; and others, similar, most spotted, some dust-soiling, all with RCSI library stamp on title, most worn, some covers detached; sold not subject to return (quantity)