Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Tome Neuvieme.
Volume:
9. volume
Publisher/ Year:
Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1758
Size:
16.5 x 10.5 cm (6.5 x 4.1 inches), Small 8vo
Collation:
4 pages, 244 pages
Illustrations:
24 copper engravings
Cover:
Full leather binding (with red lable and gilt on spin)
Reference:
Nissen 673
Describing sheeps, goats und wild boars with 24 copper engravings. Complete.
Minor browning, Exlibri J.B. Allier.
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.