Buffon's Natural History, containing a Full and Accurate Description of all the Animated Beings in Nature (4 Volumes bound in 1)
Contains all four volumes - Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Reptiles. 512pp, 200 engraved illustrations, fold out frontispiece (mis-folded). Cloth-covered boards, gilt design and lettering on spine, blind embossed decorations on both covers. Spine rubbed; cloth worn through where spine meets front board. Significant wear all over and turned in corners. Boards detached from text block at front. Front free endpaper absent. Internally, clear and bright barring minor aging at page edges. 24mo.