Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc. Histoire naturalle des oiseaux. 18 volumes. With 261 (of 262) copper plates. 16.5 x 9 cm. Leather d. C. (strongly loaded, back joints brittle, with several flaws, rubbed and toasted) with gold-embossed RSchild and back gilding. Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-85. Nissen, ZBI, 673. Anchor 75. Ronsil 413. Room 104. – First Octav edition. "One of the early and important landmarks in the history of ornithology. It is based on the nine volumes of 'Oiseaux' in Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle Générale' first edition, with some changes in the text'. ==References====External links==* Official website* Official website Appliances partially glued, tanned, stick- and brown-spotty as well as isolated leaves loose.