CUVIER, Georges. Histoire des Sciences Naturelles pendant la - Lot 189

CUVIER, Georges. Histoire des Sciences Naturelles pendant la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle et une partie du XIXe chez tous les peuples connus... complétée par M. Magdeleine de Saint-Agy. Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1843 2 volumes in 2 vols, In-8 Wine-leather half-chagrin, spine ribbed and underlined with gilt garlands, gilt fillets, emblem stamped and gilt on first covers. 351 and 440 pages. Slight variations in spine toning, some rubbing to boards, lower corners of volume 2 corrugated, slight detachment of volume 2 binding at upper gutter flap, wetness at margin of first three pages of volume 2, very rare foxing. Attractive purple-toned binding for these volumes, decorated with the coat of arms of the city of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), surrounded by academic palms and inscribed "Lycée de Rennes - Prix donné par la ville".