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LACÉPÈDE (B.-G. de).Vue générale des progrès de plusieurs branches des sciences naturelles depuis la mort de Buffon, pour faire suite aux uvres complètes de ce grand naturaliste.2e éd.P., chez Rapet, 1822, in-8°, br., couv. muette défr., rouss., non rogné, ex-libris. 150 gr.

3 volumes (of 4). 440; 531;536 p. Half calf. 24 cm (Lacking volume I and also the Atlas with 118 plates. Bindings scuffed, especially at the extremes. Paper yellowing) 2800 gr.

Kl.-8°. M. 9 kolor. Kpfr.-Taf. 290 S. Pp. d. Zt. St. a. Tit. Einbd. beschäd. Rücken m. Fehlst. Vorderdeckel lose. Gebräunt, teils braunfl. bzw. m. leichter Nässespur. Unbeschnitten. Nissen, ZBI 2348. Sprache: Französisch.

Kl.-8°. M. 13 kolor. Kpfr.-Taf. 372 S. Pp. d. Zt. St. a. Tit. Gebräunt, teils braunfl. Unbeschnitten. Nissen, ZBI 2348. Sprache: Französisch.

Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1788-1790. Four parts in four. 12mo (16.6 x 9.6 cm). 1,699 pp. [I (1788) 359; II (1788) 464; III (1790) 24, 432; IV (1790) 8, 408 pp.]; 48 [of 49] nicely engraved plates [I: 12; II: 15, III: 11, IV: 10] depicting amphibians and reptiles in their natural surroundings. Contemporary uniform full calf. Spines with gilt vignettes, borders and two red morocco labels each, boards with ornamental gilt borders. Marbled endpapers. = This is the smaller sized edition that was published in the same years as the first edition in quarto, published as Suite de Buffon. The last 12 pp. of volume IV contain an "Éloge du comte Buffon". The last two volumes (half the work) deal with snakes. Nissen reports 49 plates with a query. Two other, contemporary editions have 48 plates, as does this one. There is, however, no plate V in Volume IV. A nice, clean set in attractive contemporary bindings. Nissen ZBI, 2350a, 2350b.

Paris, Furne et Cie., 1855. Two parts in two. Large 8vo (25.8 x 16.7 cm). xii, 668, 647 pp.; 36 nicely hand-coloured steel-engravings, tissue-guarded, all after Edouard Travies. Uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt lines and title. Marbled endpapers. = This is the second, updated edition with all the attractive hand-coloured plates after Travies, with the animals in their natural (or, sometimes, not so natural) surroundings. Attractively bound. It includes beautifully coloured plates depicting many amphibians and reptiles. Boards a bit rubbed, more so at edges. Some text sections and tissue-guards foxed but mostly in the margins and only about 12 plates, mostly in the fish section, are touched. One fish plate detached, otherwise very good. Adler I, p. 14; Dean II, p. 3 [first edition]; Nissen ZBI, 2346.

Paris, A. Eymery [AND Brussels, Avransart and Gust. Gastebois], 1825. Five volumes in five. 8vo (20.1 x 12.8 cm). Frontispiece portrait of Lacepède by Leroux after a drawing by Hersent; 2881 pp.; 115 finely engraved plates after Jean Gabriel Prêtre, in original hand-colouring, several augmented with silver. Uniform polished tree-calf. Spines rich gilt with geometrical patterns, and two red morocco labels with gilt title and volume number. Boards with gilt-ornamented borders; gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled bluish green. = One of the best - and rarest - editions of Buffon's influential work on reptiles, amphibians, fish, and whales. The detailed plates are by one of the finest natural history illustrators of the early 19th century, the Swiss-born French artist Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1768-1849). A collation is as follows: I. 620 pp.; Plates 1-22 (herpetologie); II. 561 pp.; Plates 1-24 (poissons); III. 527 pp.; Plates 1-24 (poissons); IV. 585 pp.; Plates 1-22 (poissons) V. 588 pp.; Plates 1-23 (poissons; cétacés). Provenance: inscribed on the half-title of the first volume by the French historian Maurice Jules Abel Lefranc (1863-1952) an expert on French literature, in particular Rabelais, viz., a dedication to the Belgian journalist, newspaper director and senator Zéphyrin Clovis Piérard (1896-1974). A few plates mildly toned; light marginal foxing, otherwise a very good set in an attractive, contemporary binding.