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BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc de Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Nouvelle édition. Dordrecht, A. Blussé, [- 9 vols, 4to: 4 (of 8?)-vi (of viii)-xiv-xii-viii-282-[1], xii-xii-viii-vi-p.; pls (top of almost all ll. unopened, some +/- important foxing, marg. tear pl. III-& in the text IX-169/very marg. dampstain at some ll. of v. IV, marg. spot p. VII-paper defect in margin pp. VIIIa-161/& 193/tear with important lack of text IX-117/118). Modern binding by G. Dubois d'Enghien: three-quarter dark brown shagreen, gilt-tooled spines in the 18th-c. style with raised bands (good condition). Very wide-margined copy (27,8 x 23,4 cm) of this Dutch edition (1st French ed.:[- 1783]). Complete birds section in 9 vols illustrated with the same title-piece, 9 head-pieces and plates engraved after Jacques de Sève (in activity 1742-depicting European bird species and some exotic-like ostriches or penguins. The complete set of this edition is in vol. (quadrupeds: vol. + Suppl.:7,- birds: 9,- mineral world: 5,- snakes: which could be purchased apart or together. Ref. Nissen, ZBI, (pl.). - Not in Nissen IVB, Ronsil, Anker. Joined, same author, ed., size and binding: Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens. Nouv. éd. 2 vols. Complete with pls.-- Histoire naturelle générale et particulière servant de suite à l'Histoire des animaux quadrupèdes. Suppl. tome VII. Nouv. éd. Complete with pl. (marg. lack of paper pl. error on the title label of the binding: "Hist. des oiseaux. T. VIIb". (Tog. vols, complete with pls)