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CUVIER, Georges
Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux
Paris, Baudouin, 1798, in-8, XVI-710 pp, 14 pl, Demi-basane blonde, dos lisse et orné, pièce de titre noire, Édition originale du premier ouvrage de Cuvier, fondé sur les lectures qu'il fit à l'école du Panthéon l'an précédent. Dans sa Notice historique sur les ouvrages et la vie de M. le baron Cuvier Duvernoy écrit les "immenses services que M. Cuvier a rendus à la partie systématique de l'histoire naturelle, en introduisant dans les classifications zoologiques la méthode de l'ensemble des rapports; en distribuant dans un mot, le règne animal... M. Cuvier publia en 1798 sous le titre Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux, le premier exemple de cette distribution, telle que son génie avait conçue". Bien complet. Les feuillets liminaires (préface et explication des figures), ainsi que les planches sont reliés dans le désordre. Charnières fendillées. Nissen n° 1012. Couverture rigide
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Bon XVI-710 pp., 14 pl.
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4 book(s) with the same title
Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux.
Paris, Baudouin, An 6 (1798). 8vo. Nice cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt back. Light wear to lower part of back and a small hole in leather at lower hinge. Red leather titlelabel. XVI,710 pp. and 14 engraved plates with many figs. A large clean copy.
First edition of Cuvier's first work on comparative zoology, in which he showed the affinities in structure between present forms of animals, researches which resulted in comparison with older forms and thereby for other theorists suggested evolutionary lines and links. Cuvier is considered as the founder of modern palaeontology by this and his later published work ""Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles...""Cuvier's first separate work, ""Tableau..."" (1798), is based on a course of lectures he had delivered at l'Ecole du Pantheon. It was the first general statement of his natural classification of the animal kingdom...He establishd the four great classes (vertebrates, molluscs, articulates, and radiates) and classified the animals according to the anatomical structure."" (Milestone of Science No. 44). - Wood p. 307.
Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux.
Paris, Baudouin, An 6 (1798). 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt back. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Corners a bit bumped, otherwise fine. XVI,710 pp. and 14 engraved plates with many figs. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper.
First editiuon of Cuvier's first work on comparative zoology, in which he showed the affinities and similarities in the structure of present forms of animals, researches which resulted in comparison with older forms and thereby giving the material for other theorists to suggest evolutionary lines and links. Cuvier is considered as the founder of modern palaeontology by this and his later published work ""Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles...""""Cuvier's first separate work ""Tableau...(1798)"", is based on a course of lectures he had delivered at l'Ecole du Pantheon. It wa the first general statement of his naltural classification of the aninal kingdom...He established the four great classes (vertebrates, molluscs, articulates, and radiates) and classified the animals according to the anatomical structure."" (Milestones of Science No. 44) - Wood p. 307.
Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux -- EDITION ORIGINALE
P., Baudouin, An 6 (1798), un volume in 8 relié en plein veau, dos orné de fers dorés, filets dorés sur les plats, toutes tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque), (une coiffe usée, un mors fendu mais solide, manque de papier d'origine dans la marge du feuillet 679 sans atteinte au texte), 16pp., 710pp., 14 PLANCHES
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- "Cuvier's first separate work - The first general statement of his natural classification". (Norman) ---- "Cuvier's belief in the inherent regularity and orderliness of nature led him to formulate the taxonomical principle of subordination of characters as a basis for establishing and ranking natural classes of genera ; and to conclude that each part of an organism is perfectly and necessarily related to its other parts. Cuvier stressed the importance of description over theory, and his empirical, unspeculative approach had a powerful influence on nineteenth century biological thought". (Norman N° 564) ---- DSB III P. 524/525**6128/A3-6116/ARM5
Tableau élémentaire d'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux
Paris, Baudoin, An 6 [1798], in-8, de XVI, 710 pages et 14 planches, basane fauve raciné de l'époque, dos lisse orné (accrocs au dos et coins émoussés), PREMIERE EDITION. 14 pl. h.t. gravées sur cuivre. Exposition des premiers éléments de la classification des animaux que l'auteur développera dans un autre ouvrage : le Règne animal. Rousseurs Couverture rigide
Bon de XVI, 710 pages et 14
