Lot 262
Buffon, G.L. le C., Conte de
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£400
Description
Natural History, General and Particular. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 9 volumes, 8vo., 308 engraved plates including frontispiece, several folding, contemporary tree calf, black morocco title labels, red morocco volume labels, spines gilt, extremities worn, some joints cracked, light spotting to preliminaries and last few pages of some volumes, occasional light offsetting of plates