BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de). Lot n° 16

Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1752-1779, 42 vol. in-12, full marbled calf, spine flowered with 5 nerves, red edges, ms. bookplate of the lawyer Picquet in Mons (worn binding, several damaged head and spine ends, title of the 5th vol. missing, otherwise fresh interior). Includes: the table of contents of the complete works; History and theory of the Earth (vols. 1 and 2); General history of animals (vol. 3); Natural history of man (vols. 4 to 6 and suppl. 7 and 8); Discourses on the nature of animals (volumes 7 to 30, volume 9 is missing); volume 31 serves as a table of contents of the previous volumes; Suite à la théorie de la Terre et introduction à l'histoire des minéraux (suppl. 1 to 4); Suite à l'histoire des animaux quadrupèdes (suppl. 5 and 6); Les époques de la nature (suppl. 9 and 10) Fourth edition illustrated with a frontispiece (suppl. 1), 653 plates, 3 maps and a table of the order of dogs (vol. 10).