Histoire naturelle des oiseaux.
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1796 - 1799
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089629
Summary
Bibliographic description
9v., plates . 4to.. 9 vols. bound in 4. Printed auction/sale slip pasted to front board of vol. 1 of Histoire Naturelle (1766-1771), stating that it was sold with Buffon's Supplement (1774-1799), Oiseaux (1796-1799), Minereaux (1798-1799) and Ovipares (1799). The whole was uniformly bound into 19 vols.. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green morocco; marbled paper over boards; recessed cords; spines direct lettered in gilt: Histoire Naturelle Buffon Oiseaux ...
Makers and roles
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788)