Georges Cuvier / Alexandre Brongniart - Description...

Georges Cuvier / Alexandre Brongniart. Geological description of the environs of Paris. Paris, Edmond d'Ocagne, 1835, 685 pp. One octavo volume (210x135 mm), half morocco, smooth spine (bindings of the period). Beautiful condition of the binding. Interior fresh, rare foxing. Ex-libris of Philippe Taquet, French palaeontologist, pasted on the flyleaf. Third edition enlarged with a description of numerous places in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy that present terrains analogous to those of Paris. Text volume only, without the atlas The work studies the geological constitution of the Paris Basin from the succession of terrains and the fossils they contain. Cuvier and Brongniart distinguish, in particular, marine and freshwater formations and use the fossils to characterize the different layers.

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