Buffon - Oeuvres complètes: Oiseaux - 1830

Complete works of Buffon augmented by M. F. Cuvier, member of the Institute, (Academy of Sciences) with two additional volumes offering descriptions of the mammals and birds most remarkable to date, and accompanied by a handsome portrait of Buffon, and 260 intaglio engravings, executed for this edition by the best artists. - Paris, at F. D. Pillot, 1830 - part 23, part of a supplement - 461 pp - half-leather binding

Good. Some loss of leather at the head and tail of the spine. Scrapes and impact marks, the right hinge at the top and bottom about 1 cm torn. Interior browned, several pages and engravings worn, some foxing - especially on the first 5 leaves. Only slight creasing.

Contains 11 fine hand-coloured engravings with 33 illustrations of
L'Alouette / La Farlouse ou l'Alouette des près / Le Cujelier / Le Sirli / Le Cocheris / Le Rossignol / La Fauvette / Le Rouge-gorge / Le Figuier / Le Troglodyte / Le Roitelet / La Mésange charbonnière / La petite Charbonnière / La Mésange moustache mâle / La Mésange moustache femelle/La Mésange rémis / La Mésange huppée / La Mésange à longue queue / La Sitelle / Le petit Grimpereau de France / Le petit Grimpereau de la Guyanne / Le Grimpereau de muraille / Le Soui-manga vert doré à longue queue / Le Soui-manga olive à gorge pourpre / Le Guitguit noir et bleu / Le Sucrier / Le Soui-manga à longue queue et à capuchon violet / Le plus petit Oiseau mouche / L'Oiseau mouche huppé / Le Huppé-col / L'Oiseau mouche à collier / Le Colibri topaze / Le Colibri rubis

All illustrated

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