Cuvier and Zoology: A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel; (Parker's Collection of Popular Literature). London: John W. Parker, 1844. [10817]
Teal publisher's cloth, spine faded, blind stamped with spine in gilt, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, good joints, slight edgewear. Old library matter with paper spine label, bookplates, X mark over bookplate, no interior stamps or pocket. 136 clean pp. with Appendix of Cuvier's classification scheme. Good. Hardcover.
A history of zoology from ancient times to modern followed by the life and labours of Cuvier and his contemporaries.
Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), French statesman, naturalist and zoologist, who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology.
