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BUFFON (GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, vol. 1-24 (comprising: Matériaux généraux & Quadrupèdes, 15 vol.; Oiseaux, 9 vol.), FIRST EDITION, Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1767 & 1770-1783, sold not subject to return due to uncertain collation of this edition
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £892.50 inc. premium
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BUFFON (GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE)
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, vol. 1-24 (comprising: Matériaux généraux & Quadrupèdes, 15 vol.; Oiseaux, 9 vol.), FIRST EDITION, 838 engraved plates (576 and 262 respectively), 2 engraved maps, without some half-titles, occasional browning, contemporary mottled calf, the "Oiseaux" near uniform and rebacked, slight loss to one spine label of volume 1, minor worming in upper cover of volume 9 [Nissen ZBI 672], 4to (255 x 185mm.), Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1767 & 1770-1783, sold not subject to return due to uncertain collation of this edition





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