246 - BUFFON.

BUFFON. Complete Works. Atlas [and] Supplement to the Atlas. Paris, Couché fils dir. and Pourrat frères, 1830s. Large 8vo. In sheets. Issued in installments in the publisher’s yellow slipcases, laced, with a title label engraved on blue paper on the front cover, handwritten numbering in ink on the labels (a few browned or creased edges, very scattered small foxing spots, but the collection as a whole remains fresh; one folder is slightly split at the fold). In sheets, hand-colored Note: Includes a portrait of Buffon engraved by Couché (in delivery 1 and accompanied by an old handwritten note), and a portrait of Primevère Lesson by Nicolle after Arsenne. The illustrations are primarily based on Vauthier’s work, sometimes engraved by Dequevauviller or Mme Bourrey or Bourey. Finely hand-colored, sometimes with gum highlights, with most of the engravings on fine laid paper. A set of 34 installments of the Atlas and 5 installments of the Supplement to the Atlas, comprising 316 engravings in 8vo format, finely enhanced with color and gum highlights, most on fine laid paper. Featuring 158 plates of ornithology and 157 plates of mammals, including cetaceans, as well as 4 plates left in black (spermatozoa, human monsters, parasites under the microscope, and dendrology) and the tables. All of the engravings are printed on two types of paper and include a few duplicates. Contains a folded delivery slip.