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[AGASSIZ, LOUIS.]. Memoires de la Soociete des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel. Premier Volume, in-Quarto, Avec Planches. Prospectus. [Caption title]. Large 4to. broadsheet. Neuchatel, [Switzerland]: 21 Fevrier, 1835. Faint tide mark. $300.00
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.