Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788)

HERRN VON BUFFONS NATURGESCHICHTE DER VÖGEL. DES 23. BANDES I. ABTHEILUNG

1797
Book format 12°, 16.5 × 10 cm. 214 numbered pp., in German. Of the original 51 hand-coloured engraved plates, 3 are missing. Contemporary half calf binding, spine with 5 raised bands and label with gilt lettering. Published by F. A. Schrämbl in Vienna in 1797. The book shows wear, spine damaged by insect activity, plates for pp. 58, 121 and 203 missing.