BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de)
Complete works of Buffon. New edition, annotated and preceded by an introduction on Buffon and on the progress of natural sciences since his time. By J.-L. de Lanessan. Followed by the general correspondence of Buffon. Illustrated with 160 hand-colored steel engraved plates and eight steel engraved portraits. Paris, Abel Pilon bookstore, A. Le Vasseur, successor publisher (1884-1885). 14 large volumes in-8 (27,5x18,5 cm), dark green half-chagrin (some minor rubbing), spine (faded) with ornate nerves. Beautiful engravings protected by serpents (some foxing)
