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
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3114133
Summary
Bibliographic description
16v., plates (some col.) . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf of v.1 in Norris's hand: "Warnford Park Library 1939 Đ5/5/0 H [i.e. Hodgson's] 6/7 39 Lot 83". [i.e. Warnford Park, Hampshire]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full green calf over boards; gilt fillets; spine panelled in gilt with red leather spine labels; sewn onto four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, baron de Cuvier (1769-1832) Edward Griffith