"Works Of Count De Lacépède “natural History Of Oviparous Quadrupeds & Fish” 5vol."
In a beautiful contemporary half-binding in brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with fine, gilded neo-Gothic friezes, title and volume numbers in gold, large format Tyrian pink marbled boards 5 strong volumes in 8, in Paris at Rapet, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, N°41. Publisher of the Temple of Glory, or the Military Splendor of France... 1819. “Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds”, first volume then for the other four “Fishes”. Work abundantly illustrated with fine figures on steel of 115 engraved plates: 93 for Fish and 22 for Reptiles and Batrachians. Beautiful copy for this masterful sum of knowledge on the subject by the Famous Comte De Lacépède which follows the works of Buffon (which I present later)