Buffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770–1786 10 volumes, folio (19 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.; 507 x 349, uncut). 973 fine handcolored etched plates after and by François Nicolaus Martinet under the supervision of Edme Daubenton, text printed within ornamental borders, numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces, 12 title-pages (2 sectional titles each in volumes 6 and 8), directions to the binder and errata at the end of each volume, general index at the end of the final volume; some scattered and mostly marginal soiling, browning, and spotting, occasional marginal dampstaining in volumes 3–7. Contemporary, and likely original, half red straight-grain morocco over red boards, spines gilt, plain endpapers and edges; extremities scuffed and a bit worn, hinges weak in volumes 7 and 8 and starting from casing, spines a tad darkened, bookplates removed.
Buffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770–1786 10 volumes, folio (19 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.; 507 x 349, uncut). 973 fine handcolored etched plates after and by François Nicolaus Martinet under the supervision of Edme Daubenton, text printed within ornamental borders, numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces, 12 title-pages (2 sectional titles each in volumes 6 and 8), directions to the binder and errata at the end of each volume, general index at the end of the final volume; some scattered and mostly marginal soiling, browning, and spotting, occasional marginal dampstaining in volumes 3–7. Contemporary, and likely original, half red straight-grain morocco over red boards, spines gilt, plain endpapers and edges; extremities scuffed and a bit worn, hinges weak in volumes 7 and 8 and starting from casing, spines a tad darkened, bookplates removed.
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