Histoire Naturelle Par Buffon. Oiseaux
by Buffon, Count de [Georges-Louis Leclerc]
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Stereotype, 1799. Undetermined. very good. 338pp. 18mo. Contemporary full calf, heavily rubbed with one spot of worming. Gilt titles and decorations to spine with leather spine labels, partially perished. Missing headbands. All edges died red. Age toning to endpapers, else internally tight and clean. With 22 engraved plates. very good A single volume on birds from Buffon's Natural History. Includes 22 charming engraved plates of birds associated with water, including gulls, kingfishers, geese, and several varieties of ducks. Clean and attractive internally. 1799
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134887
- Title
- Histoire Naturelle Par Buffon. Oiseaux
- Author
- Buffon, Count de [Georges-Louis Leclerc]
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Librairie Stereotype
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1799
- Keywords
- Birds|Buffon|Natural History|Ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.