Null Cuvier, (Georges) - Memoirs, published in English by Mistress Lee, and in F…

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Cuvier, (Georges) - Memoirs, published in English by Mistress Lee, and in French by M. Théodore Lacordaire on documents supplied by his family. Paris, Fournier 1833. In-8° half chagrin, frontispiece portrait, 369 pp. 1 ff. Biography written by Théodore Lacordaire from papers left by the scholar. Tulard 381. Bertier de Sauvigny 26. Good condition.

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Cuvier, (Georges) - Memoirs, published in English by Mistress Lee, and in French by M. Théodore Lacordaire on documents supplied by his family. Paris, Fournier 1833. In-8° half chagrin, frontispiece portrait, 369 pp. 1 ff. Biography written by Théodore Lacordaire from papers left by the scholar. Tulard 381. Bertier de Sauvigny 26. Good condition.

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