1783
BUFFON on ANT EATERS, ARMADILLOS, BATS, and SQUIRRELS
27 hand colored plates, famous Pauli-edition!
Georges
Louis LeClerc,
Comte de
Buffon
Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere.
7. Band.
Berlin,
Joachim Pauli 1783
vol. 7, 7,5 x 5 inches, hand colored, engraved title-frontispiece
and
27 hand colored plates. Full-leather binding, corners and edges
somewhat bumped, see pictures, please. Among others, the plates show images of
bats, vampires, squirrels, anteaters, and armadillos.
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 # BUF7
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