[Zoology] Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animeaux

Par G. Cuvier, de l'Institut National de France, Paris, Baudouin, 1798

8vo., half-leather, title on spine in red with giltstamping, incl. 14 folding copperengravings. 1st ed., XVI,698,(10) pp., front casing loosening, name in ink on title page, library stamp on extra endpaper, loosening, ann. in ink in the margins, one engraving loose and one with a small tear. The book contains the first general declaration of his (Cuvier's) natural classification of the animal kingdom.