Wood engraved printer's device on t.p.

Subtitle varies: t. 5-8, Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C.S. Sonnini.

Tomes 1-4 published in An X [1802]; t. 5-8, in An XI [1803]. Tomes 1-2 reissued in 1805 with new titles-pages: vols. dated An XIII [1805]; title: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des reptiles: ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C.S. Sonnini.

Ill. consists of plates, no. I-C; work also includes 2 folded tables, designed by Adel Daudin and de Sève, with various engravers.

Includes bibliographical references.

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SCNHRB has two copies, copy 2 is an incomplete set.

SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.'s of t. 1&2: Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis.

SCNHRB c. 1 bound in blue library buckram, title in gilt on spine.

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Library of Congress, Smithsonian Deposit.

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on verso of t.p.'s: Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis [and] Duplum Bibliotheca R. Monac.

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped in red on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution.

SCNHRB c. 2 half bound in calf and sprinkled paper boards, title in gilt within red leather spine label.