Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
Print Book, French, 1770-1786
De l'Imprimerie royale, A Paris, 1770-1786
Early works
10 v. [975] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 34 cm. (4to)
21052073
By George Louis Le Clerc, comte de Buffon, assisted by Guéneau de Montbéliard and l'abbé Bexon -- BM Cat
Plates by Daubenton the younger, engraved by Martinet -- BM Cat
Forms part 2 of Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere
Title vignette
Imperfect: t. 5 lacks plates, 710, and 290; t. 10 lacks p. 193-196 and plates 275 and 761