Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de. — Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, avec des extraits de Daubenton et la classification de Cuvier. [ 6 volumes ].

Paris, Furne et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs, 1839 26,5 x 18 cm. Half leather hardcovers. Volumes I?VI. iv, 782 pp; iv, 776 pp; iv, 726 pp; iv, 784 pp; iv, 654 pp; iv, 732 pp. With 55 plates, of which 51 depict animals. The text is complete; the plate set is incomplete (should be 116 plates). Illustrated with hand-coloured engravings, including mostly animals and some maps. Foxing throughout, heavy on several pages, and a few pages detached. Several plates are also affected by spots and browning, but the bindings are uniformly decorative in red half leather with gilt and black tooling. French text. Conclusion: foxing, some detached pages, incomplete plates, text complete, attractive bindings, see pictures.