Author: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. and F. Cuvier
Title: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec les figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivans. Lama, Alpaca.
Description: Paris, A. Belin, 1819-1829. Large Folio (approximately 53 x 35 cm). Two plates with explanatory text leaves. Not bound, as issued. = Part of magnificent publication with fine large plates of mammals (some described in this work for the first time) from all over the world. The authors, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) and Fréderic Cuvier (1769-1832) were the leading authorities in mammalogy in the first half of the 19th century, and the "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" is widely regarded as their magnum opus. This is the section containing the South American llamas. Text leaves and plates quite clean, in a very good condition. Brunet II, p. 1,536; Nissen ZBI, 1525; Wood, p. 354.

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