Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere
By: par M. le comte de Buffon ...
Contributors: Wilkinson, Ronald S., former owner; Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932, former owner
Publisher: Chez Sanson & Compagnie
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Aux Deux-Ponts
Language: fre
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Natural history
Notes: Publication dates, number of plates from Nissen.

Woodcut title vignettes, head- and tail-pieces.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 679

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SCNHRB has two copies, both incomplete.

SCNHRB c. 1 is lacking the 9 vols. of Minéraux [t. 46-54].

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Ronald S. Wilkinson in memory of Ellen B. Wells.

SCNHRB c. 1 has some plates that are hand-colored.

SCNHRB c. 1 is numbered sequentially on spine, t. 1-45 in the order of [Matières générales], Quadrupèdes and Oiseaux, as well as within each category: [Matières générales], t. 1-13; Quadrupèdes, t. 1-14, and Oiseaux, t. 1-18.

SCNHRB c. 1 is quarter bound in speckled green paper boards and red calf; marbled endpapers; gilt decorated and lettered spine, with leather labels, numbered 1-45.

SCNHRB c. 2 has t. [45] (Oiseaux, t. 18), only; the plates for this tome are wanting.

SCNHRB t. 45, c. 2 has stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Richmond Collection; accession no.: 254267.

SCNHRB t. 45, c. 2 has a modern black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and gray endpapers.
Table of contents: title: t. 1-13. Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere [matières génerales]; title: t. [14]-[31]. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux; title: t. [32]-[45]. Histoire naturelle. Quadrupèdes; title: t. [46]-[54]. Histoire naturelle des minéraux.