Paris, Jung-Treuttel, 1860. 8vo (23.1 x 14.0 cm). 99 pp.; two lithographed plates, one large table, one profile. Original printed wrappers.

Rare first edition of a work by the founder of prehistory in France, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788-1868). The plates show prehistoric utensils; the profile is a coupe réduite du terrain de Meuchecourt près Abbeville. Uncut, untrimmed. A few marginal spots, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Cat BM(NH) p. 211.