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[Ornithology] BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc de Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Nouvelle édition. Dordrecht, A. Blussé, 1796-9 vol., 4to: 4 (of 8?)-vi (of viii)-xiv-xii-viii-282-[1], xii-xii-viii-vi-pp.; pl. (top of almost all ff. unopened, some ± important foxing, marg. tear to pl. III-& in the text IX-169/very marg. damp stain at some ff. of v. IV, marg. spot p. VII-paper defect in margin pp. VIIIa-161/& 193/tear with important loss of text IX-117/118). Modern binding by G. Dubois d'Enghien: three-quarter dark brown shagreen, gilt-tooled spines in 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.: 1770-1783). Complete birds section in 9 vol. illustrated with the same titlepiece, 9 headpieces and plates engraved after Jacques de Sève (active 1742-depicting European bird species and some exotic birds such as ostriches or penguins. The complete set of this edition is in vol. (quadrupeds: vol. + Suppl.: 7,- birds: 9,- mineral world: 5,- snakes: 2), 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 vol. Complete with pl. - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière servant de suite à l'Histoire des animaux quadrupèdes. Suppl. tome VII. Nouv. éd. Complete with pl. (marg. loss of paper pl. error on title label of binding: "Hist. des oiseaux. T. VIIb"). (vol., ill. with pl.)