Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Planches I-III

I. Planches Théorie de laTerre, Histoire des Minéraux, Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux.. II-III. Planches Mammifères no. 1-467. Paris, Verdière & Ladrange, 1832, 3 vls., each with half title and title, vol. 3 with 12 index pages. Vol. I: with 2 engraved portraits and 2 lithographed allegorical stipple prints, 2 lithographed, folding maps and 56 (partly hand-coloured) lithos. Vol. II-III (Mammifères) with a total of 470 (partly hand-coloured) lithos (incl. 2 bis and ter plates and 1 folding plate), the three volumes finely bound in contemporary uniform half calf leather with gilt, ribbed back, large 8vo.

All plates with side views of mammals are beautifully hand-coloured.