Dictionnaire raisonné universel d'histoire naturelle; contenant l'histoire des animaux, des végétaux et des minéraux, et celle des corps célestes, des météores, & des autres principaux phénomenes de la nature [...]. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée.

6 vol., 8vo: [4]-xvi-492, [4]-575, [4]-532, [4]-481, [4]-511, [4]-561-[2] pp. (some minor spotting, dampstaining or soiling).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt spines with raised bands (sl. rubbed, corners bumped, some light soiling, back cover loose of vol. III, heads with sm. def., 1 head repaired). Good set.

Early, enl. ed. (1st 1764) of this influential and popular encyclopedia of natural history (from Aavora to Zygene) by the traveller-naturalist Valmont de Bomare (1731-1807), member of the Académie des Sciences. Long table Latin-French at the end of vol. VI.
Ref. This ed. not in Blake, Conlon, BnF.