Baron Cuvier Bird Prints for Sale 1

Georges Cuvier
Birds (1)

The exquisite hand-colored engravings below are cut from the first English edition of Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier's classic Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization . . . With Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many not before Noticed, edited by Edward Griffith and printed for George B. Whittaker, London (1827-35) . Originally published in French in 1817 as Le Règne animal destribué d'après son organisation, this work was the "most influential exposition of the typological approach to animal classification, representing the greatest body of zoological facts that had yet been assembled; it served as the standard zoological manual formost of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century" (Norman Library). The majority of bird plates are not attributed to any artist; among the names that appear, however, are C. Hamilton Smith, J. Lewin, C. M. Curtis. The plates are printed on fine, very white "Whatman" paper and dated "1828" or "1829." All have a common name, and some also have a scientific name.

Size: 9.25 x 5.75 inches.

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Condition
CUV-B1	Nubian Vulture of Hamilton Smith	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B2	Bearded Vulture V. barbatus	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B3	Condor Vult. gryphus	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B4	Brazilian Kite Pandion Caracara	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B5	Delafon's Hawk Accipiter delafonsii	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B6	Great Harpy of America Falco harpya	Sold	Excellent
CUV-B7	Imperial Eagle of Africa Morphnus?	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B8	Wedgetailed Eagle F. fuscosa	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B9	Mississippi Kite Falco mississipensis	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B10	Prince Maxmillilan's Crested Hawk Falco ?	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B11	The Urubitinga Falco urubitinga	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B12	Brazilian Long-Legged Hawk of Prince Maxmillian Falco wiedii braziliensis	60.00	Excellent
CUV-B13	Angola Vulture F. angolensis	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B14	Supercilious Owl Strix griseata	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B15	Crested Shrike Vanga christata	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B16	Greater Bulbul Lanius emeria	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B17	Leona Goatsucker Caprimulgus macrodipterus	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B18	Goatsucker from Peru	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B19	Scissars-Tailed Goatsucker	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B20	Long-Eared Podargus	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B21	Bloxam's Plant Cutter	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B22	Gaudichaud's Kingfisher Dacelo caudichaud	Sold	Excellent
CUV-B23	Hurrial Pigeon Columba hardwickii	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B24	Spotted-Necked Turtle	55.00	Excellent
CUV-B25	The Wild Turkey Meleagris fera	65.00	Excellent
CUV-B26	Honduras Turkey Meleagris ocellatua	70.00	Excellent
CUV-B27	Javan Cock Gallus bankiva	Sold	Very Good
CUV-B28	Chanceable Pheasant P. versicolor	45.00	Excellent
CUV-B29	The Chinquis Pavo bicalcaratus	45.00	Excellent
CUV-B30	The Coloured Lophophorus Lophophorus cuviere	55.00	Excellent