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619 - BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of. Complete Works. With excerpts from Daubenton and Cuvier’s classification. Paris: Furne et Cie, 1842–1845, 6 vols., large 8vo (no title page; occasional foxing, some volumes slightly browned, a few plates yellowed). Green half-shagreen binding signed L. Hulpiau, percaline covers edged with a gold fillet, spine with gilded boxed raised bands (spine faded and slightly rubbed, a few scuffs on the covers and edges, corners slightly rounded). Illustrated with a portrait of the naturalist on the frontispiece of Vol. I and numerous plates and maps enhanced after/by Édouard Traviès, Janet-Lange (Ange-Louis Janet), Ambroise Tardieu, etc. Volumes devoted to general topics (2 vols.: theory of the Earth, geological eras, explanation of geographical maps, history of minerals), mammals (2 vols.), and birds (2 vols.).
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BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of. Complete Works. With excerpts from Daubenton and Cuvier’s classification. Paris: Furne et Cie, 1842–1845, 6 vols., large 8vo (no title page; occasional foxing, some volumes slightly browned, a few plates yellowed). Green half-shagreen binding signed L. Hulpiau, percaline covers edged with a gold fillet, spine with gilded boxed raised bands (spine faded and slightly rubbed, a few scuffs on the covers and edges, corners slightly rounded). Illustrated with a portrait of the naturalist on the frontispiece of Vol. I and numerous plates and maps enhanced after/by Édouard Traviès, Janet-Lange (Ange-Louis Janet), Ambroise Tardieu, etc. Volumes devoted to general topics (2 vols.: theory of the Earth, geological eras, explanation of geographical maps, history of minerals), mammals (2 vols.), and birds (2 vols.).
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