Buffon, G.L. deLivre Rare Book
Buffon, G Comte deBiblio.com
Histoire naturelle générale et particulière: histoire naturelle des oiseaux.
Best.-Nr. 35799Paris Imprimerie Royale 1770-1785. 18 volumes in 18. Large 12mo 18.0 x 10.5 cm. Text with 264 engraved plates. Uniform contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spines with five raised gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with gilt floral patterns and two morocco labels in red or brown short title and black part number. = This is the complete bird section volumes 14-31 usually found separately of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière published by the Imprimerie Royale from 1749 to 1804 in 44 volumes. Nissen only quotes 262 plates. The plates are after De Sève and depict the birds in their natural surroundings including nice architectural design. Some light shelfwear one spine label with some loss; some slight foxing in the text plates clean. The last two volumes published four years after volume 16 in a slightly different binding see pictures. A nice set in beautiful contemporary almost uniform bindings. Nissen IVB 160; Ronsil 413. hardcover
Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Niederlande1.500,00 €
