Oeuvres du Comte de Lacépède comprenant l'histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares, des Serpens, des Poissons et des Cétacés, Bernard Germain Etienne De La Ville comte de Lacépède. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 three volumes complete. 1836, originally published in 1825. 488,480,427pp, with 150 beautiful wood engravings of over 500 animals.
Condition
Rebound with brown cloth and marbled boards including the original softcover. Foxing around the edges of the pages. Vintage stamp of the Parisian bookseller on the front free endpapers. A nice set.
About this book
Amongst the great classics of science literature, complete with all its plates in black and white engraved on steel.
Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 1756 – 6 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle. (Wikipedia)