Œuvres ... Nouvelle Édition, dirigée par M.A.G. Desmarest

by Lacépède, Comte de Bernard-Germain-Etienne

$4,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Engraved frontispiece portrait by Roger after the painting by Hersent, and 187 lithographed plates of fish, whales, serpents, etc., from drawings bu Oudart, and 2 large folding tables. 11 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter brown morocco and patterned paper boards, gilt-lettered spines, raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Occasional faint dampstaining to outer margins in vols. 5 & 6, some light scattered foxing, but overall a very handsome and impressive set. Mill/9/3. Item

• Binding: Leather

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