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CUVIER, GEORGES. Essay on the theory of the earth. Translated from the French … by Robert Kerr … with mineralogical notes and an account of Cuvier's geological discoveries by Professor [Robert] Jameson.
Edinburgh, William Blackwood; London: John Murray, 1813. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 265, [1]; 2 engraved plates by Lizars; orig. boards, front cover nearly loose, spine largely perished but printed paper label on spine remains. This book, first published in Paris the preceding year, marks the beginning of comparative vertebrate paleontology.
Offered for US$ 625.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 24978