Vicq-d'Azyr, [F.] — Encyclopédie Méthodique. Système anatomique. Quadrupèdes. Tome second.

7.2 x 21.4 cm). clxiv, 632 pp. Original boards with printed label on the spine. = A rare part of the Ultimate Encyclopaedia and the largest of all great Encyclopaedias and the most important work published during the French Enlightement. This section - complete in itself - written by the French anatomist and veterinarian Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748-1794), known as the originator of comparative anatomy and discoverer of the theory of homology in biology. Uncut. Boards a bit worn (less than usual); lower front hinge partly split, but book block intact; and internally very good, clean. Schmitt, S. (2018) Inventaire des livraisons, des auteurs et du contenu de l’Encyclopédie méthodique (1782-1832).