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 [...].

12 vol., lge 8vo (foxing, some browned lvs, 1st lvs unbound in vol. 1).

Contemp. three-quarter burgundy shagreen, percaline boards, gilt orn. flat spines (spines sl. faded, some rubbing, dulled corners).

New edition ill. with a front. portrait of the author, 2 maps with enhanced borders and 159 pl. hand-coloured and partly heightened with Arabic gum after Victor Adam. Volumes devoted to the theory of the earth (1 vol.), quadrupeds (3 vol.), birds (4 vol.), minerals (3 vol., 1 of which also deals with the history of the globe) and experiments on plants and "moral arithmetic" (1 vol., with tables of contents).
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 704 (mentions 146 pl.)
Prov. P. De Witte (bookpl.).