HIistorie Naturelle. Les eaux-fortes originales qui ornent ce livre ont ete inventees par le peintre-graveur D. Galanis. La typographie est de Philippe Gonin

by BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc de

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Paris: Les Freres Gonin, 1939. Hardcover. First edition by this publisher. Folio. French-folded printed portfolio. 67 unbound pages laid into portfolio as issued. Illustrated profusely with engraved text vignettes, decorative initials, and six striking full-page engraved plates by Demetrius Emmanuel Galanis, including an extra engraved title page. Text in French..... More

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