BUFFON (Georges Louis Le Clerc, Comte de) & La CÉPÈDE (Comte - Lot 49

BUFFON (Georges Louis Le Clerc, Comte de) & La CÉPÈDE (Comte de). Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. A Paris, De L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart, An VIII [1799/1800] - 1808. 127 volumes in-12, calf, gilt serrated border, smooth spine decorated (Rel. P. Meslant). "Nouvelle Edition, accompagnée de Notes, et dans laquelle les Supplémens sont insérés dans le premier texte, à la place qui leur convient [...]", written, put in a new order by C. S. Sonnini, presented by P. A. Latreille (- Histoire naturelle des singes, -- [...] des crustacés et des insectes), by Denys-Montfort (Histoire naturelle [...] mollusques [...]), by F. M. Daudin (Histoire naturelle [...] des reptiles), by C. F. Brisseau-Mirbel (Histoire naturelle [...] des plantes), & by P. Sue (Tables analytiques et raisonnées des matières et des auteurs). A portrait of Buffon and one of Sonnini repeated three times, more than 142 plates after De SÈVE and BARRABAND, and a few folded maps or tables. Several volumes are marked "Série A" on the spine, and thirteen volumes (têtes de série) are signed by the binder. Seven headpieces slightly damaged; some spines rubbed; some sections reddish, but A FINE COPY OF THIS EDITION IN MESLANT BINDINGS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.