HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE BUFFON, MISE DANS UN NOUVEL ORDRE

Paris: Menard et Desenne, 1825. Hardcover. 12mos, Thirty-Six Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in quarter Navy blue leather with navy blue textured paper boards. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing boards, light bumping to corners, and mild edge and shelf wear. Chipping to head edge of spine of Volumes 1, 4, 8, and 36. Cracking to front joint of Volume 36. Textblocks have light age toning and foxing to pages and slight brown staining to endpapers and pastedowns. Volume 36 has front gutter completely split and spine only attached at rear gutter. Shelved top right shelf Aisle 10, three volumes on display the rest boxes -DS. 1380658. Special Collections. (truncated) (Inventory #: 1380658)