PLINE. Histoire naturelle traduite en françois, avec le texte latin rétabli d'après les meilleures leçons manuscrites.
Paris, Chez la veuve Desaint, 1771-1792.
In-4 (273 x 207 mm), 12 volumes : T1 - XXVII-418 pp, [1] f. ; T2 - [2] ff, 883 pp, [1] f. ; T3 - [2] ff, VII-763 pp ; T4 - [2] ff, 610 pp, [1] f. ; T5 - [2] ff, 648 pp; T6 - [2] ff, 592 pp; T7 - [2] ff, 700 pp; T8 - [2] ff, 603 pp; T9 - [2] ff, 778 pp; T10 - [2] ff, 668 pp; T11 - [2] ff, 600 pp; T12 - [2] ff, 711 pp. Full shagreened calf, gilt fillet and gilt roulette framing the boards, smooth spine with red title-piece and havana head-piece, central finial forming a star at the head and tail of the spine, other compartments decorated with a repetition of gilt motifs, edges decorated with gilt motifs, marbled edges (contemporary binding).
A monumental Franco-Latin edition of Pliny's natural history, under the auspices of Malesherbes, with contributions from Poinsinet de Sivry, Meusnier de Querlon and Guettard.
From the library of Louis de Givenchy (1781-1858), his bookplate.
