Paris :: Crochard, libraire ..., Fantin, libraire ..., Baudouin, imprimeur ...,, an 14, 1805.
Physical Description
5 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note
Vol. I: [4], xxxi, [1] (blank), 521, [1] p., [7] fold. pl. (tables). - Vol. II: [4], xvi, 697, [3] p. - Vol. III: [4], xxviii, 558, [2] p. - Vol. IV: [4], xii, 539, [3] p. - Vol. V: [4], vii, [1] (blank), 368 p., LII pl.
Errata: v. 1: final p.; v. 2: p.[1-2] (last group); v. 3: final [2] p.; v. 4: final [3] p.; v. 5: p. 297.
Contents
Advertisements on last page of v. 2.
t.I. Les organes du mouvement -- t.II. Les organes des sensations -- t.III. La premiere partie des organes de la digestion -- t.IV. La suite des organes de la digestion et ceux de la circulation, de la respiration et de la voix -- t.V. Les organes de la génération et ceux des sécrétions excrémentitielles ou des excrétions.
Responsibility Note
Vol. 3-5 edited by G.L. Duvernoy.
Plates engraved by Miger and N. Ransonnette.
Summary Note
Vols. 1-2 were originally published in 1800. Only the title pages, with the later date, were reprinted.
Provenance
21 July 1813: 'Resolved that ... Cuviers comparative anatomy [be purchased] for the Library. Moved by Mr. Westmacott, seconded by Mr. Wilkie & passed unanimously.' (RA Council Minutes V, 63). Acquired by 1821 (see A Catalogue of the Library in the Royal Academy, London, 1821, p. 23).
Binding Note
Coloured board, quarter-bound in brown leather; spine lettered in gilt, 'Lecons / D'Anatomie / Comparee', and 'Tom. / I [II, III, IV, V]'.
Subject
Anatomy, Comparative.
Manuals - France - 19th century