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Imprint: London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts., 1862-71
Binding: Hardback 2 vols. bound as one, 4to. pp. 299 + 17 plates, mostly b/w but one or two colour-printed; viii, 345 + 47 plates, including folding plan of Fountains Abbey. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, rebacked with original spine laid down. Bookplate of Charles R. Hand. Diverse subject matter (some antiquarian rather than purely archaeological in the modern sense) includes history and antiquities of Shropshire, Maes-Howe inscriptions, ancient camps and earthworks in Cornwall, the House of Gourney, Cromlechs in Pembrokeshire and the Roman Villa at Nennig, Prussia.
Stock number:4483.
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Imprint: Frankfurt, Mattheus Beckerus, 1601
Copper engraving 26.5 x 34 cms, black and white as issued, trivial spotting, blank verso. From the third part of the Petits Voyages.
Stock number:3957.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4578.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4889.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4417.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6195.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4904.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6218.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4895.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4892.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6207.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4033.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4037.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4896.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6214.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4571.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4791.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4792.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6215.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6217.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6196.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4017.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4902.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4568.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4897.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4567.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4559.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4900.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4102.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:3667.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4569.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4415.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4790.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6209.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, a couple of trivial spots, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4572.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6212.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4570.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, trivial spotting, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4560.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4562.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4891.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6206.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4418.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4035.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-84.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’, very light browning (toning).
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:1572.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4013.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4890.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4789.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4564.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:4412.
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Imprint: Paris, l’Imprimerie Royale, 1770-86.
Engraved plate with original hand-colour, approx 25.5 x 21 cms, from ‘Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux’.
Buffon’s ambitious and comprehensive work, ‘one of the most important of all bird books’ (Sitwell: Fine Bird Books) was issued in 42 parts with 1008 plates over a period of a decade and a half, and when bound filled ten volumes. The plates, engraved by Martinet, were originally intended to illustrate Buffon’s general Natural History, but in the event the more general work was illustrated with only 262 black and white plates.
Stock number:6204.
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