BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc (and LACÉPÈDE, Bernard-Germain...

BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc (and LACÉPÈDE, Bernard-Germain-Étienne). Oeuvres complètes, 58 vols., Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale / Hôtel de Thou, 1774-1790, engr. portrait frontis. to vol. I, numerous engr. plates, folding maps, some spotting, ownership stamp to titles, contemp. uniform half-calf, spines numbered continuously 1-58 with sub-series titles and numbering, scuffed with some chips, 12mo. [A full 58-volume pre-Revolutionary run of the Imprimerie Royale / Hôtel de Thou in-12 edition, comprising: Hist. Naturelle (13 vols.), Quadrupèdes (13 vols.), Oiseaux (18 vols.), Minéraux (9 vols.), Serpens (4 vols.), and Table des Matières (1 vol.); without the post-1798 continuations. Uncollated, sold as a collection and not subject to return.]

Estimate:£200

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