# BUFFON (Count of). NATURAL HISTORY. Paris,... Lot 33

# BUFFON (Count of). NATURAL HISTORY. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1769-1785. 31 vol. in-12, marbled basane, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). New edition including : Histoire naturelle générale et particulière illustrated with 204 OFF-TEXT FIGURES, 2 folding maps and 1 table (13 vols.); Histoire naturelle des oiseaux illustrated with 262 OFF-TEXT FIGURES (18 vols.). Bindings damaged and worn, one title-piece missing, 1 plate darkened, headpieces worn and missing, rings and foxing, several pages browned, wetness (pronounced throughout volumes VI and XVI of the birds), several plates detached.