BUFFON, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-1788). Histoire naturelle ... oiseaux. Paris: Deterville, 1802. Volumes I-XVI of Oiseaux (vol. XI-XXVI of Histoire naturelle), 12° (134 x 81mm). Half titles, 129 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (upper corner of last third of vol. XIV bumped causing creasing, occasional light spotting). Contemporary tree calf gilt, flat spines gilt with green lettering-pieces (spine of vol. I with small damage to leather, head of same vol. chipped, rear cover of vol. XIV detached, some rubbing), gilt edges. Nissen ZBI 680. (16)