[BUFFON], HALES, Stephen. La Statistique des végétaux et cel - Lot 160

[BUFFON], HALES, Stephen. La Statistique des végétaux et celle des animaux; experiments read at the Royal Society of London. Published in Paris by Théophile Barrois le jeune between 1779 and 1780. 2 volumes in 1 octavo / In-8 (20cm) format. Fine mahogany marbled calf. Spine ribbed and decorated with gilt flowered boxes. Red edges. Contemporary binding. (8)-XXXII-390; XXXIII-256 pages, complete with 20 black engraved plates hors texte. Minor scattered foxing. Buffon's first French translation of Hales's study of plants, presented to the Royal Society of London to which he belonged. The epistle is addressed to "His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales". The second volume refers to hydraulic experiments on animals and the bladder. A fine copy.