1798
BUFFON on PIG, DEER, and HORSES
14 hand colored plates, famous Pauli-edition!
Georges
Louis LeClerc,
Comte de
Buffon
Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere.
21. Band.
Berlin,
Joachim Pauli 1798.
7,5 x 5 inches, hand colored, engraved title-frontispiece and
14 hand colored plates, one uncolored plate. Binding rubbed and corners
bumped - for condition see the picture, please. Title and frontispiece with some
wears. Some minor browning here and there.
Among others, the plates show images of a pig, deer, horses, onager.
Original – not a reproduction!
The Berlin-Pauli edition is
one of the most sought after of all editions of Buffons Natural History due to
the high quality of the engravings and the superb coloring.
ITEM # BUF21
PRICE
$ 150.00