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BUFFON, GEORGES LOUIS MARIE LECLERC, Comte de. Oeuvres complètes mises en ordre et précédées d'une notice historique par M.A. Richard. Paris: Chez Baudouin, 1826-28. Engraved portrait, 2 engraved title-pages, and 191 (of 200?) hand-colored etched plates; and several other inserted tables (one listed as pl. 9 in the Mammifères plate vol.). 34 volumes (including supplements and 2 plate vols.), 8vo, late 19th-century speckled green calf gilt, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, some rubbing and occasional wear, but overall an attractive set; some preliminaries with marginal repairs, some scattered light foxing. See Brunet I:1378 (dated 1825-28 in 32 vols. with 200 plates). Sold as a collection of plates, and not subject to return. (34)