BUFFON and LACEPEDE. Histoire Naturelle, Générale... Lot 25

BUFFON and LACEPEDE. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et particulière. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1769-89. 58 volumes in-12 marbled calf, spines decorated, title-pieces in garnet morocco, tomato-pieces in green morocco, red edges (period bindings). Histoire Naturelle: 13 volumes (1769-70) - Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux: 18 volumes (1770-85) - Supplément à l'Histoire Naturelle, général et particulière, servant de suite à la Théorie de la Terre, & d'Introduction à l'Histoire des Minéraux: 14 volumes (1774-89) - Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux: 9 volumes (1783-88) - Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et des Serpens, par M. le Comte de Lacépède: 4 volumes (1788-90). A homogeneous set, and complete of each of its parts, and abundantly illustrated with a portrait of Buffon, folding maps, and several hundred engraved plates. Some wear and tear to the bindings (rubbing, spotting, some missing headpieces etc.). Attached : HERAULT de SECHELLES. Voyage à Montbard containing very interesting details on the character, the person and the writings of M. de Buffon. Dijon, Darantière, for the Editions du Raisin, s.d. [circa 1930]. In-12 paperback, filled cover. Edition at 200 copies on white vellum of Vidalon. Expert Jean-Louis Beauvais