Oeuvres complètes [...] avec la nomenclature linnéenne et la classification de Cuvier [...].

12 vol., large 8vo; 150 pl. (n.c., some spotting in text but not on pl., few ff. browned).

Contemp. green shagreen, cloth boards, gilt. orn. spines with 5 raised bands (few sm. defects on spines and boards).

New ed. of this important work on natural history. "The title page truthfully states this to be a new edition illustrated by 150 steel engravings after drawnings by Traviès and Henri Gobin and colored with the greatest care. It is one of the best editions of the master placed upon the market, albeit among the rarest." (Wood). Vol. 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. Wood 269. - Nissen (ZBI) 705 (states 150 [= 163] pl.).