Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpens, des poissons et des cétacés

Illustrated edition with 150 fine hors-texte engravings depicting more than 500 animals.
Half bronze sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt arabesques, some light rubbing to joints without significance, marbled paper boards, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing, two marginal dampstains affecting the first and last pages of the third volume, a small lack not touching text on pages 257-258 of the first volume.