MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE NEUCHATEL. Premier Volume, in-Quarto, Avec Planches. Prospectus. [caption title]

Neuchatel, [Switzerland], 1835. Broadsheet. 29.5 x 22 cm., 2 pp. Faint old tidelines, short split at left margin, along fold. The Society was instituted, largely under Agassiz' auspices, in 1832, after Humboldt had assisted in finding a position for Agassiz at Neuchatel. This was the beginning of an immensely fruitful period for Agassiz, "the most compelling period of his life." --DAB. A rare prospectus for the premier volume of a great natural history periodical. (Inventory #: 65231)