1788
BUFFON on SLOTH, LAMA, PORCUPINE, MUSK-DEER
26 hand colored plates, famous Pauli-edition!
Georges
Louis LeClerc,
Comte de
Buffon
Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere.
13. Band.
Berlin,
Joachim Pauli 1788
vol. 13, 7,5 x 5 inches, hand colored, engraved title-frontispiece
and
26 hand colored plates, marbled endpapers. Full leather, corners
somewhat worn, see picture, some minor spotting, offsetting to a very small
number of plates. Unfortunately, one page with loss of text in the margins.
Among others, the plates show images of sloth, lama, hedgehog, porcupine, musk deer, and tendrak.
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# BUF13
PRICE $200.00