The French Count de Buffon's "Oiseaux" Take Flight

Result EUR53,836

Published on 03 May 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 13 April 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 2-4, rue Saint-Firmin - 69008 Lyon

The seminal work of the famous French naturalist, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788), headed a sale dedicated to antique books, also brilliantly illustrated by Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedia.

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788), Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, Paris,... The French Count de Buffon's

Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788), Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1786, ten large quarto volumes (32.3 x 24 cm/12.7 x 9.5 in), marbled calf, red morocco labels and green morocco volume numbering labels.
Result: €53,836

This is one of the finest illustrated works on ornithology and one of the most famous by its author, the celebrated Count Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon. L'Histoire naturelle des oiseaux ( The Natural…

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