Baron Cuvier Shell Prints for Sale

Georges Cuvier
Shells

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 et al andprinted 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 for most of Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century"-Norman Library. The plates are printed on fine "Whatman" India paper and have minimal age toning. All plates are dated "1830."

Size: 9.25 x 5.75 inches.

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Condition
CUV-S1	Trochus bicarinatus Natica bifasciata Litteraria pulchra Natica fluctuata Paludina chinensis Paludina pulchra Trochus cunninghami	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S6	Conus caledonicus Cypraea stelida Animal of Cyraea pediculus Oliva ispidula Marginella nubeculata	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S14	Cerithium zonate Melania frethii Melania quadriseriata Melania lineolata Melania conica Melania globulosa Melania subcarinata Melania larvis Melania retusa	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S15	Cerithium truncatum Melania henriettae Melania carolina Melania tineolata Turritella sulurnalis	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S23	Pleurotoma grandis Pleurotoma carinata Terebra sublulata Terebra iostoma Terebra africanus	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S25	Triton turbinelloides Triton elegans Pyrula mawoe Strombus deformis Strombus campbellii	35.00	Excellent
CUV-S26	Voluta broderippii	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S29	Voluta miltonis	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S30	Voluta rudis Nafsa northiae Turbinella tubercularis Voluta pallidis	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S33	Pleurotoma babylonia Strombus pupilo Fusus morio Murex brandaris Pyrula perbersa Pterocera scorpio Fasciolaria trapezium Restellaria pespelicani Turbinella pyrum Hippocrenes macroptera	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S34	Voluta georginae	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S37	Columbella tylera Columbella harpaformis Oliva tefsalata Pyrula striata Triton vexillum Clavalula griffithii Bulimus auris-vulpina Bullia semiplicata Ancillaria	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S40	Voluta turneri Mitra chinensis Voluta papillosa Voluta gracilis Mitra orientalis	Sold	Excellent
CUV-S41	Cryptostoma javanica Cyllene owenii Fasciolaria trapezium Triton nafsoides Turbinella ceratus Columbella suluratus	Sold	Excellent

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