[bindings Zoology Ornithology] Buffon - Complete Works. Complete. 269 Plates.

BUFFON (Georges-Louis LECLERC, Count of). Complete works of Buffon with the Supplements [sic, Supplements] augmented by the classification of G. [Georges] Cuvier. Paris, P. Duménil / Typography by Firmin Didot Frères, 1835 to 1836.--------------------------------------------9 volumes in 8vo format (218 x 141 mm) of 2 ff. n.fol. and 504 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 477 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 480 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol., 394 pp. and 1 fnfol.; 394 pp. and 1 f. bl.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 388 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol., 430 pp. and 1 bl. f.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 421 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 455 pp.; 2 ff. n.fol. and 422 pp.; Uniform contemporary bindings of half-calf glazed navy with small corners, smooth spines decorated with vertical gilt fillets, quadruple gilt fillets, large romantic gilt fleurons, gilt title, gilt volume number, gilt palette at the head and tail, speckled heads. Set - in pleasant contemporary bindings - complete with the 9 volumes constituting it. The work contains 269 fine engraved plates; unsigned. Discreet superficial alterations affecting the bindings. Oxidized notebooks, scattered foxing and small stains. The plates are well preserved; except that some of them may have light freckles.