NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, appliquée aux art - Lot 207

NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique. By a society of naturalists and farmers. Paris, Deterville, 1803-1804. 24 volumes in-8, fawn basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Important dictionary written by the most famous naturalists of the time: Chaptal, Huzard, Latreille, Olivier, Parmentier, Sonnini, Thouin and Virey. Contains 264 plates engraved by Tardieu, Pelé... after de Sèves and Meunier (some in color). Defects to bindings, often with small leather tears, occasional pronounced wetness and scattered foxing on some volumes, qq. galeries, browned plates. Subscription leaflet at the end of the last volume.