The animal kingdom . arranged in conformity with its organization. By the baron Cuvier ... With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto names, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith ... and others.
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, baron de Cuvier (1769-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1827 - 1835
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3114132
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates (some col.) . ill.. . 8vo.. Imperfect: contains the Class Aves (3v. of text, 1 v. of plates). Provenance: Manuscript inscription: John Harpur Crewe Esq from his faithful & sincere friend the Revd Andrew Bloxam June 1839 [i.e. Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886) from Andrew Bloxam (1801-1878), naturalist and Leicestershire clergyman]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full lined cloth binding; spine label gilt lettered.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, baron de Cuvier (1769-1832) Edward Griffith