Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens.

4 pts. in 2 vols. 16mo: 60-359-[1], iv-462-[2], 24-432, 8-408 pp., 49 pl. (paper sl. brown., little cut without loss at 1st title page, occ. foxing, some sm. stains).

19th-c. half mottled sheepskin, ribbed spines, red and green title labels, red edges (cracked and rubbed spines with lacks at the top turn-ins, dulled corners).

First edition of one of the first major works devoted to amphibians and reptiles intended to follow Buffon's works. Published at the same time in 4to format, it is complete with 49 zoological plates engraved by various artists after Jacques de Sève. Ref. Nissen ZBI 2350a. - Livres d'animaux du XVIe au XXe siècle [exhib. cat.], Namur, 1987, No. 28.