Oeuvres complètes. Avec la nomenclature linnéenne et la classification de Cuvier. Revues sur l'édition in-4° de l'Imprimerie royale et annotées par M. Flourens [...].

Paris, Garnier frères, [1853-1855]

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12 vol., 8vo (foxing, marg. soiling in vol. I, 1 pl. loosening in vol. II).

Contemp. half green shagreen, blind ruled green buckram on covers, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, brown sprinkled edges (sm. traces of use).

Illustrated with the portrait of Buffon, a frontispiece, 2 maps and 157 plates, hand-coloured and partly heightened with Arabic gum after Victor Adam (numb. until n. 142).
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 704 (calls for 146 pl.) & 705 ("Nouv. éd.", calls for 163 pl.).