Histoire naturelle des oiseaux

by Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon, comte de

$2,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Paris: De L'imprimerie Royale, 1770-1783. First separate edition, 9 volumes complete with 262 engraved plates by De Seve; 4to, marbled endpapers, title-page engravings and illustrations in the text; extremities rubbed and worn, some hinges weak with joints starting, v. 1 missing spine labels, approx. half of v. 9 spine is perished, interior very good and sound, plates are mostly fine and bright; overall, a good set in full contemporary mottled calf with

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