257. Cuvier, Baron Georges (1769-1832).
Pair of 19th-C. Handcolored Steel Engravings of Monkeys.

From Cuvier's "The Animal Kingdom" published London by Henry G. Bohn 1863. Double matted: Image size 4 1/2" x 5 1/2". Mat size 10 1/2" x 11 3/4".Cuvier was one of the foremost comparative anatomists of his time. "Le Regne Animal", first published in 1817 embodied a lifetime of research on living and extinct species, but was only one of his many books which had enduring success.

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