Preview of the first image of [Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon] - Histoire naturelle des oiseaux - volume 12 - 1780.

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Good. Some scuffs on corners and edges. Slight loss of leather head and foot back. Interior discoloured/tanned/some foxing. Stamp on title page, contents page and last page. Tear in margin, approx. 0.5 1a 1cm margin of 2 leaves, page 51 torn in half horizontally. Some donkey ears


Contains a total of 10 engravings - all depicted - including coua, toulou, ani, momotus, hoopoe, sugar bird, bee-eater, nightjar...



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