On the Disciples' Edition of Cuvier's Règne Animal

Abstract

SYNOPSIS The method of production of Baron Georges Cuvier's Regne Animal, third edition of 1836—1849, is discussed. The 22 volumes, two for Insectes and one for each of the nine other animal classes for the text, and eleven similar ones for the plates, were issued concurrently in 262 livraisons at unknown dates. Each livraison held text and plates for one class and some of the plates contained new material, so it is important to collate the plates in livraisons. All livraisons are here dated to within a month, and full collations are tabulated for the fourteen volumes Mammiferes, Oiseaux, Poissons, Insectes 1, 2, Crustaces and Annelides, each with its Atlas, as well as for the Prefaces and the Bibliography sections. The authorship of plates and their explanations is discussed, and is determined in detail for Insectes and Annelides. An appeal is added for information on the other four classes Reptiles, Mollusques, Arachnides and Zoophytes.