Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, suivies de ses continuateurs Daubenton, Lacépède, Cuvier, Duméril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffroy-St-Hilaire.

Brussels, Th. Lejeune, 1828-1833

€ 400 / 500

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Lot description

14 parts in 20 vol., 8vo (some browning and spotting, plates in good condition).

Contemp. tree-calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, marbled edges.

Illustrated with 2 portraits (Buffon & Daubenton), 2 allegorical plates, 2 maps on double-page and 734 lithographic plates by De Burggraaf: 56 pl. on the "Théorie de la terre" and "Histoire naturelle de l'homme", 469 pl. on mammals and 209 on birds.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 689. - Opac KBR.