Agassiz, L. (Jean Louis Rodolphe). — Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium. [Nomenclator zoologicus].

Soloduri (Solothurn), Jent et Gassmann, 1848. Soft cover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Thick crown octavo. Pp. (ii) publisher's ads, x, 1135. Half-title present. Rebound in the original printed wrappers, these bit frayed and dust-soiled, laid-down on support, with a new plain paper spine; bit dog-eared, bit foxed. Untrimmed copy in a very good condition. ~ First separated edition. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He was a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel, later, he accepted a professorship at Harvard University. His work "Nomenclator zoologicus" was published in 1842-47. The Universal Index appears there as a 393 page section, printed in double columns. F-5 IN .