{"product_id":"recherches-sur-les-ossemens-fossiles-des-quadrupedes-4-volume-set-9781108083805","title":"Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles des quadrupèdes 4 Volume Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108083805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRecherches sur les ossemens fossiles des quadrupèdes 4 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe geological and osteological papers, published in 1812, of the influential early palaeontologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), discoverer of extinction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorges Cuvier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108083805, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 12 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e2028 pages, 156 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e25.7 x 18 x 10.4 cm, 3.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorges Cuvier (1769–1832), one of the founding figures of vertebrate palaeontology, pursued a successful scientific career despite the political upheavals in France during his lifetime. In the 1790s, Cuvier's work on fossil mammoths enabled him to recognise that these were a different species from modern elephants, and that extinction was a scientific fact. He went on to show that many other large mammals had also become extinct. This four-volume work, originally published in 1812, is a collection of Cuvier's geological and osteological papers, focusing on fossil mammals including mastodon, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, ruminants, horses and pigs, and related living species. The introductory essay considers human origins and the formation of the earth, and appeared in English translation in 1813 (also available). Cuvier went on to publish his famous Le règne animal, available in the Cambridge Library Collection both in French (1817) and in Edward Griffith's expanded English translation (1827–35).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: Avertissement\u003cbr\u003e Discours préliminaire\u003cbr\u003e Mémoire sur l'ibis des anciens Egyptiens\u003cbr\u003e Description minéralogique des environs de Paris\u003cbr\u003e Corrections et additions aux tomes II, III et IV. Volume 2: 1. Remarques générales sur la famille des pachydermes\u003cbr\u003e 2. Description ostéologique et comparative du daman\u003cbr\u003e 3. Description ostéologique du rhinocéros unicorne\u003cbr\u003e 4 Sur les ossemens fossiles de rhinocéros\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sur l'hippopotame et sur son ostéologie\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sur les ossemens fossiles d'hippopotames\u003cbr\u003e 7. Description ostéologique du tapir\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sur les ossemens fossiles de tapir\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sur les éléphans vivans et fossiles\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sur le grand mastodonte, vulg. animal de l'Ohio\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sur divers mastodontes de moindre taille\u003cbr\u003e 12. Résumé général de cette première partie. Volume 3: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sur les espèces d'animaux dont proviennent les os fossiles de Paris. Volume 4: 1. Ossemens de ruminans, de chevaux, et de cochons\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ossemens de carnassiers et d'autres onguiculés\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266216382744,"sku":"9781108083805","price":151.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083805i_5e64e738-afa4-410b-a405-60c6209fc0b3.jpg?v=1696751869","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/recherches-sur-les-ossemens-fossiles-des-quadrupedes-4-volume-set-9781108083805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}