Buffon Histoire naturelle published in Paris 1752
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9000 SEK
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Beskrivning
BUFFON, (GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC DE) and others. (31). Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Cinquième édition. 1-31. Paris (L'Imprimerie Royale) 1752-1768. Not complete.
Small 8vo (165x95 mm). With 530 engraved plates and 2 folding maps (probably lacking 35 plates and 2 maps, only minor foxing, 5 loose, text with some slight foxing or spotting, some minor tears).
Contemporary full calf bindings, partly worn and rubbed, a few joints split, richly gilt spines with red and green title labels, some damages at head and foot, some spotting and soiling, red edges. Bookplates. 31 volumes.
Compare Nissen 673.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
Auktionsnummer:
6076
Datum:
2015-06-16