Basel und Genf: H. Georg’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1864.
6 facsicles and text volume in original publisher’s slipcase.
4to.
viii, 63, [12] pp.
With 82 unbound double-plate stone lithographs loose in the 6 facsicles. Text and facsicles in original printed wrappers, all contained in the original publisher's printed slipcase.
First edition of this elaborate and valuable contribution to ancient and modern crania, and vertebrate paleozoology.
According to Zittel, Rutimeyer was a convinced, although a cautious, adherent of the Darwinian theory of evolution, and a correspondent of Darwin. His genealogical trees of the Mammalia show a complete knowledge of all data concerning the different members in the succession, and are amongst the finest results hitherto obtained by means of strict scientific methods of investigation.
Exceedingly rare.
Slipcase somewhat worn at edges, otherwise in excellent condition.
