[Natural history] Oeuvres du Comte de Lacepede

comprenant, L'Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares, des Serpents, des Poissons et des Cetaces. Paris, la société bibliophile, ca 1850. Vol. 1, 2 and 3 of set of 4. Half leather. 488 pp. + 480 pp. + 428 pp. 22 x 14 cm.

Ribbed back with title and decoration inlaid with gold. Marbled endpapers. Edges, corners and spine scratched. Interior volume 1 loose. Foxing, mostly on the first and last pages, here and there small tears. Colour illustrations (of fish, snakes and other amphibians in good condition; very bright and precious. (total 3)