BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de). Histoire naturelle - Lot 89

BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1804. 34 volumes in-4, contemporary marbled calf, ribbed spines decorated with caissons bearing the figure of Louis XVI and gilded fleurons, red marble titles and labels, triple gilded fillet and royal coat of arms in the center of the boards, red edges. Edition illustrated with 1144 engraved plates. These 34 volumes are divided into : Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, 1749-1787. 15 volumes, 2 maps, 577 plates (Tear without missing pl. 2 of T.2) - Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, Suppléments, 1774-1789, 7 volumes, portrait, portrait, 226 plates. - Birds, 1770-1783, 262 plates. - Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpents, 1788-89, 62 plates. Complete with Lacépède's Eloge de Buffon. - Histoire naturelle des cétacés, An XII, 16 plates. Minerals (5 + 1 volumes) and Histoire naturelle des poissons (6 volumes) are missing.