Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Tome Huitieme.

Volume 8 of Buffon's natural history of birds. Published in Paris in 1779.

Reference 10048

Description

Describing several birds with 14 copper engravings. Follow by 46 pages register. Complete.

Details

Cartographer	G.-L. Leclerc de Buffon
Title	Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Tome Huitieme.
Publisher, Year	L'Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1779
Size	17.0 x 10.5 cm (6.7 x 4.1 inches), Small 8vo
Collation	4 pages, 418 pages, 46 pages
Illustrations	14 copper engravings
Cover	Full leather binding
Volume	8. volume
Reference	Nissen 673

Condition

With two lable on spine, partly missing, top of spine with some losses, little rubbed.

Minor browning, text block partly cracked.

Cartographer

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.

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