BRONN, Heinrich Georg System der urweltlichen Konchylien durch Diagnose, Analyse und Abbildung der Geschlechter erlŠutert. Zum Gebrauche bey vorlesungen Ÿber Petrefactenkunde und zur Erleichterung der Selbstudium derselben. Heidelberg, J.C.B. Mohr, 1824
Folio (348 mm x 213 mm), pp [iv] 56, with 7 lithographed plates; a fine copy in contemporary marbled boards, the plates in a separate similarly bound volume. £750 First edition of this fundamental work on the classification of fossil shells. Bronn (1800-1862) was a pioneer in evolutionary palaeontology and one of the developers of the stratigraphic study of fossil remains. ÔBronn argued that the gaps then acknowledged in the palaeontological and stratigraphic succession were illusory and would be bridged by the future discovery of transitional species and intermediate formationsÕ (DSB). At Charles DarwinÕs suggestion, Bronn was responsible for having the Origin of species translated into German. Nissen ZBI 594; NUC: DI-GS PPULC DNLM NBuU NNM CSt NN MiU
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