Cuvier, G.
Les oiseaux décrits et figurés d'après la classification de Georges Cuvier. Mise au courant des progrès de la science. LXXI planches représentant en 464 figures. Dessinées d'après nature et gravées sur cuivre les espèces les plus remarquables et les caractères génériques tirés du bec et des plattes. Avec un texte explicatif.
Paris, J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1869. 8vo (22.4 x 14.5 cm). Half-title, title page and 72 engraved plates, tissue-guarded, with explanatory text leaves, and short index. Original printed boards. Spine with cloth cover and printed paper label.
This posthumously published and much improved work contains fine engravings by Guérin, Traviès and Prêtre, with a total of 464 figures, as well as descriptive text. The number LXXI on the title page is not correct. This has been corrected on the front board, which is dated 1870 instead of 1869. Plain copy. The superb engravings, however, would lose some of their fine details when coloured. Some light foxing but nearly all plates clean. Ronsil, 700; not in Nissen.
