BUFFON (Count of). Histoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par - Lot 129

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BUFFON (Count of). Histoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par - Lot 129
BUFFON (Count of). Histoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par ordres, genres et espèces, d'après le système de Linné, avec les caractères génériques et la nomenclature Linnéenne, par René-Richard Castel. Paris, chez Deterville, An VII à An X (1799-1802). 65 volumes in-12, seeded calf, gilt lace framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). Beautiful edition published by René-Richard, decorated with 665 remarkable plates (about 15 in black), including a portrait of Buffon in frontispiece and 4 folding tables, after drawings by De Sève and engraved by Tardieu, Le Villain, Jourdan... The 65 volumes are composed as follows: - Buffon l'Histoire naturelle. 26 volumes : Theory of the Earth. 2 vols. 1 portrait - General Discourses. 1 volume. - Quadrupeds. 7 vols. 76 pl. - Birds. 16 vols. 129 plates. - Patrin (E.). Minerals. 5 vols. 40 pl. - Bloch (M. E.). Fishes. 10 vols. 159 pl. - Sonnini (Ch.) - Latreille (P. A.). Reptiles. 4 vols. 55 pl. including 1 table. - Tigny (F.-M.). Insects. 10 vols. 108 plates. - Bosc (L.-A.). Crustaceans. 2 vols. 19 pl. including 1 table - Shells. 5 vols. 45 pl. including 1 table. - Worms. 3 vols. 33 plates including 1 table Holes and wormholes on several volumes, spotting on some boards with missing parts, several headpieces missing, rare foxing. Pleasantly bound set. (Brunet I, 1378).
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