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- Lacks 14 plates; 8 plates loose(ning)/ added from another copy/ ed.; all vols. owner's stamp on first free endpaper; 6 vols. hinges weak; Histoire naturelle vol. 1 owner's stamp on title and lacking 1 textleaf; vol. 2 lacks one text leaf; vol. 3 lacks 2 text lvs.; Quadrupèdes first vol. waterst. throughout, affecting plates; 5 vols. sl. waterst. in blank margin(s).

= LARGE PAPER COPY. Nissen, ZBI 678; Pivetau 150. Good set with plates in sharp impression, consisting of the "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière" (15 vols.), "Oiseaux" (9 vols.), "Quadrupèdes ovipares et serpents" (2 vols.), "les Mineraux" (5 vols.) and 7 suppl. vols. Originally published Paris, 1749-1804, this Dutch edition with text in French was enlarged by J.N.S. Allamand, not containing the vols. on fishes and whales, which were published later. Of this Dutch edition only 200 copies were published, the plates engraved by De Sève. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.