GEOFFROY-SAINT-HILAIRE (Isidore). First [- Third] Memoir. Family of monkeys. [In: Description des mammifères nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Museum d'histoire naturelle]. Paris, Gide, 1841-1851. 3 parts in 2 vol. in-4, one in beige half-percaline and one in grey paper jacket. Nissen, ZBI, 1526. Reunion of the first 3 memoirs by Geoffroy Saint Hilaire describing more than 50 new species of monkeys, including the American Monkeys of the Cebian tribe. Rare complete with its 15 colour plates. Extracts from Archives du Muséum, vol. II, pp. 485-592; 3 plates num. 1 to 3 - vol. IV, pp. 5-42; 6 plates num. 29 to 34 - vol. V, pp. 529-584; 6 plates num. 26 to 31. Freckles, stains. Without the 4th Memoir (Second supplement) published in 1861.