Item #59924 The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Auguste Chauveau.
The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals
The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals

The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1885. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with the co-operation of S. Arloing, 8vo, pp. xiv, 957, [1], [6], 7 (ads), [1]; 450 engraved figures in text; full original brown cloth, gilt title on spine; lower hinge starting, light spotting to edges, one marginal pencil annotation, a fine and clean copy. Bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. First published in 1873. Chauveau (1827-1917) was a French professor and veterinarian. In 1886, he was appointed professor of comparative pathology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris but he attracted the ire of a number of anti-vivisection writers for his experiments on animals at the turn of the twentieth century. Item #59924

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