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

14 vol., 8vo (lacking pl. 42 in the birds section, spotting and browning throughout).

Contemp. half calf with corners, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. spines with 4 raised bands (some rubbed, some restored), marbled edges, marbled endpapers.

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.