Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc de) - Lot 15

Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc de) Histoire naturelle. Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, 1774/1778. 7 volumes in-4°, 19th-century binding in the 18th-century style, half shagreen, ribbed spine with gilt fleurons, red morocco title page, red edges. Used rubbing, remains of small paper labels stuck to bottom of spine on volumes. Epidermures on volumes V and VI. The first 7 volumes of the natural history, on incredibly fresh paper, include: theory of the earth, history of minerals, experimental part, history of animals, natural history of man, epoch of nature. Volume I, title, 2 ff.n.c.- 612 pp.1 portrait, 2 frontispieces, 1 map. Volume II 3 ff. n.c. including title. 542 pp. XXVIII pp. Errata 16 plates, small marginal wetness on two or three quires. Vol. III 564 pp. No title XXXIV pp. Errata. Volume IV 3 ff. Of which title 603 pp. 8 plates Volume V 4 ff.n.c. of which title -LXVI pp. 582 pp. 6 plates, small marginal wetness on two or three quires. Volume VI VIII pp. including title, 1 frontispiece 615 pp. Errata 2 folding maps and 6 plates. Volume VII 4 ff.n.c. wetness on these 148 pp. - 334 pp. missing a page which has been recopied - contains 13 plates of quadrupeds.