Nouvelles considè̀rations sur la nature des glandes abdominals des monotrêmes, 1833 [manuscript]. 1833.

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Nouvelles considè̀rations sur la nature des glandes abdominals des monotrêmes, 1833 [manuscript]. 1833.

Notes on the classification of Monotremata (platypus, echidna) which was the subject of furious debate in the 1820's and 1830s. The collection contains an autograph manuscript of 18 pages stich-sewn; printed 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London' (44 pages) with a 4 page manuscript translation into French of the observations of Richard Owen; diagram mounted on card showing the dissection of a platypus, autograph notes, 1 July 1833. These notes were used for an article published 'Nouvelle considèrations sur la nature des glandes abdominals des monotrêmes' L'Institut, 2, no 75, 1834.

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