Oeuvres complètes [...] avec des extraits de Daubenton et la classification de Cuvier.

6 vol., 8vo: [4]-782, [4]-775, [4]-726, [4]-784, [4]-653, [4]-732 (= 728) pp. (2 ff. loose in vol. III, text occasionally sl. fox, tissue guards brown., some sl. damaged).

Contemp. quarter brown shagreen, blind rules on covers (corners sl. rubbed, sm. scratches), spines on 4 raised bands (discol.), spr. edges. Good copy, inside fresh.

Edition complete in 6 vol. Illustr. with a frontisp-portrait of Buffon, 5 maps (part I) and 122 hand-col. engraved plates heightened with gum after Édouard Traviès or Janet-Lange: 48 picturing mammals (parts III & IV) and 74 birds (parts V & VI). Charming plates representing the animal in its natural background, some pl. with several subjects. Part I contains "Éloge de Buffon" by Vicq d'Azir, "Éloge historique de Daubenton" by Cuvier and Buffon's "Théorie de la terre"; part II deals with minerals, gems and fossils.