FLOURENS. Éloge historique de Marie-Henri DUCROTAY DE BLAINV - Lot 292

FLOURENS. Éloge historique de Marie-Henri DUCROTAY DE BLAINVILLE. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1854. In-4 bradel dark blue half-percaline, printed cover preserved (post. binding). Several small brown spots. A native of Arques, Marie-Henri Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850) was a French anatomist and zoologist, a disciple of Georges Cuvier. He contributed to the classification of living beings, introducing the term "biology" in a modern sense. He also left his name to the "Blainville curve", used in acoustics. Wet stamp of Château de la Roche Guyon on title, handwritten La Roche Guyon bookplate on cover, armorial bookplate of Pierre de La Rochefoucauld on flyleaf. Ex-libris JM.