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BUFFON, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1707-1788). [Works], in German. Troppau, Brünn and Vienna: [various publishers], 1784-1797. 46 volumes only (?of 50), 8° (168 x 102mm). 7 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces, 1 folding hand-coloured engraved map, about 1257 HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES (most mounted on a sheet allowing the plate to fold out). (Occasional light spotting, some old creases to edges of plates.) Uniform contemporary German half sheep, spines gilt with red and blue morocco lettering-pieces (spines scuffed, some chipped at head and foot, occasional worm damage).
A good selection, most published by J.G.Trassler, comprising 19 vols. from the Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere (Troppau, Brünn and Vienna: 1785-1795); 20 vols. from the Naturgeschichte der Vögel (Brünn and Vienna: 1786-1797) and 7 vols. from the Allgemeine Naturgeschichte (Troppau: 1784-1785), but unfortunately lacking (at least) vol.XIX from the ...vierfüssigen Thiere and vols. XX-XXI and XXII from the ...Vögel. Nissen ZBI 712 (vierfüssigen Thiere) and 713 (Vögel). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (46)
A good selection, most published by J.G.Trassler, comprising 19 vols. from the Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere (Troppau, Brünn and Vienna: 1785-1795); 20 vols. from the Naturgeschichte der Vögel (Brünn and Vienna: 1786-1797) and 7 vols. from the Allgemeine Naturgeschichte (Troppau: 1784-1785), but unfortunately lacking (at least) vol.XIX from the ...vierfüssigen Thiere and vols. XX-XXI and XXII from the ...Vögel. Nissen ZBI 712 (vierfüssigen Thiere) and 713 (Vögel). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (46)