Georges Cuvier / Friedrich Siegmund Voigt [traducteur] - Das Thierreich

Georges Cuvier. The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization. As a foundation for the natural history of animals and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1831-1843, xlviii-975 pp., xvi-539 pp., xviii-621 pp., xiv-516 pp., xxvii-686 pp., xvi-579 pp. 6 volumes in-8 (220x140 mm), hardcover boards, smooth spine, title piece in leather (bindings later). Good condition of the bindings. Interior fresh, rare foxing. Ex-libris of Philippe Taquet, French paleontologist, pasted on each flyleaf. German edition, translated and augmented by the German botanist Friedrich Siegmund Voigt; complete in 6 volumes Volume I (1831) is devoted to mammals and birds; Volume II (1832) to reptiles and fishes; Volume III (1834) to mollusks; and Volume IV (1836) to annelids, crustaceans, arachnids, and apterous insects. The last two volumes, issued in 1839 and 1843, complete the set with the insects proper, followed by the zoophytes. This organization follows Cuvier’s zoological classification based on the anatomical organization of animals and intended to serve as the basis for natural history and as an introduction to comparative anatomy."}]

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