A charmingly aged set of Buffon's early American classic masterpiece of woodcut engravings of the natural world. Worn, but quite shelf handsome for the "bespoke" antiquarian library. 

Wright, John [Ed.]. A Natural History of the Globe, of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects and Plants. from the Writings of Buffon, Cuvier, Lacepede, and Other Eminent Naturalists. Edited by John Wright, Member of the Zoological Society of London. A New Edition, with Improvements from Geoffrey, Griffith, Richardson, Leis and Clark, Long, Wilson, and Others. With Five Hundred Engravings. In Five Volumes. Boston. Published by Gray and Bowen. 1831. Variously Paginated. 

A good - to fair set, bound in cloth, lightly shaken, moreso at hinges; light to moderate foxing, some toning, and a few corners folded on text.