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472 - [BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc de] Natural History of Birds. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1770–1785. 18 vols., 12mo; 262 plates (text undated, age-toned). Contemporary mottled calf, blind-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red and green leather labels, red spine edges (some minor defects, a few endcaps missing, some joints splitting). Good set. Complete section on birds from the 12mo edition, containing all 262 plates, which are reduced copies of those used in the 4to edition, depicting birds from Europe and some exotic birds such as parrots, ostriches, peacocks, etc., engraved after drawings by J. de Sève. Ref. Anker 75. - Nissen (IVB) 158.
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[BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc de] Natural History of Birds. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1770–1785. 18 vols., 12mo; 262 plates (text undated, age-toned). Contemporary mottled calf, blind-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands, red and green leather labels, red spine edges (some minor defects, a few endcaps missing, some joints splitting). Good set. Complete section on birds from the 12mo edition, containing all 262 plates, which are reduced copies of those used in the 4to edition, depicting birds from Europe and some exotic birds such as parrots, ostriches, peacocks, etc., engraved after drawings by J. de Sève. Ref. Anker 75. - Nissen (IVB) 158.
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