BUFFON. OEuvres complètes.Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1770 - 1790. 58 volumes in-12, including: 1. Théorie de la Terre, Histoire générale et particulière, Epoques de la Nature (13 volumes); 2. Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux, 1770-1785 (18 volumes); 3. Histoire des Quadrupèdes (13 volumes); 4. Histoire naturelle des Minéraux (9 volumes including the Traité de l'aimant); 5. Histoire des Quadrupèdes, Ovipares et des Serpents, by Lacépède, 1788-1790 (4 volumes); 6. Tables (1 volume). Together 58 volumes, volumes 1 to 58, forming the complete in-12 edition of Buffon's works and the first 4 volumes of Lacépède. Collated with 734 engraved plates, the portrait of Buffon and 2 folding maps.Uniform period binding in shagreened basane, smooth spine decorated with red and green title and tomaison pieces indicating the general tomaison and the particular tomaison of each section. Binding rubbed with some defects of use: accidents to some headpieces, small wormholes, etc. but generally a pleasant set.