Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Tome Dix-huitieme.
Volume:
18. volume
Publisher/ Year:
Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1785
Size:
17.0 x 10.5 cm (6.7 x 4.1 inches), Small 8vo
Collation:
4 pages, 46 pages, 244 pages, 486 pages
Illustrations:
8 copper engravings
Cover:
Full leather binding (with red and green lable on spin, richly gilt, little rubbed)
Reference:
Nissen 673
First 136 pages describing the Albatros, the Puffin and several Penguins with 8 copper engravings. Follow by the content of all bird volumes. Complete.
Minor browning.
About the Author/ Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon was born 1707 in Montbard. He was responsible for the King's Gardens in Paris. He also published several books related to animals and insects. He died 1788 in Paris.
