BUFFON. HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1783. 9 vols. in-4°, modern boards, red morocco title-piece on spine, untrimmed.
ORIGINAL EDITION printed on heavy paper, illustrated with 262 plates and entirely untrimmed with its original wide margins; it was printed before the royal approval.
Volume 1. 1770. Text and 29 plates. Repaired on 1 page, hole on one plate and last 20 leaves with marginal nibbling.
Volume 2. 1771. Text and 27 plates. Small marginal damage with missing margins on the last 6 leaves, rare foxing.
Volume 3. 1775. Text and 31 plates. Some rings, many pages uncut.
Volume 4. 1778. Text and 27 plates. Small marginal wounds.
Volume 5. 1778. Text and 22 plates. Minor foxing.
Volume 6. 1779. Text and 25 plates. Some light rings and spotting.
Volume 7. 1780. Text and 31 plates. Light spotting, gallery at bottom margin without damage.
Volume 8. 1781. Text and 39 plates. Many rings. Marginal loss on the last few leaves.
Volume 9. 1783. Text and 31 plates. First 100 pages stained in margin. Several pages foxed, rings at the end of the volume.
The whole in this condition, with its original margins, is uncommon.
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