The Pemberley Bookshop

Why not come and peruse our comprehensive range of natural history titles at our well stocked bookshop, where you can also receive our expert advice. Click here for details of our shop.

Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Planches. 2e. Partie: Règne Organisé. Zoologie. Vers et Zoophytes.

by Blainville, Henri-Marie Ducrotay de

click to view 1 more image

Publisher : F.G. Levrault
Published In : Paris
Illustrations : 116 engraved plates

Description:

Rare. Text French. Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850) was a French doctor and naturalist, professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the faculty of Sciences in Paris. Illustrations by the Swiss-French artist Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, (1768-1849).

This volume contains the plates for 'Vers' (= worms) (1-48) and 'Zoophytes' (49-116). The complete work consisted of 60 Tomes and 61 Cahiers.

Nissen ZBI 4614.

Condition

8vo, cont. half calf, rubbed/scuffed, leather title piece to spine, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Some browning to page margins. Some foxing. Occasional marginal pencil annotations to plates.