CUVIER GEORGES, BARON: (1769-1832), French Naturalist and Zoologist, known as ''The founding father of ...

CUVIER GEORGES, BARON: (1769-1832), French Naturalist and Zoologist, known as ''The founding father of Paleontology''. He was a major figure in the early 19th century in establishing fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology by comparing living creatures with fossils. His most famous work was Le Regne Animal , 1817, The Animal Kingdom, A.L.S., 'G.Cuvier', one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Dumond, Paris, in French. Cuvier states in part `..that the deliveries of the manuscript of the 8 th volume of the dictionary have been cancelled following last Monday's meeting …´ With address leaf. Very small minor age wear and creasing, with minor tear to the upper left corner of the address leaf, otherwise G. Cuvier's name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower