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1792 BUFFON on APES, LONGTAILED MONKEYS, and BABOONS
28 hand colored plates, famous Pauli-edition!  

The original book has been sold. However, high quality pigmented (Giclée) modern reproduction Fine Art Prints of all 28 Apes, Longtailed Monkeys and Baboons is available. Please click here for information.

Georges Louis LeClerc,
Comte de
Buffon

Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere.

19. Band.

Berlin, Joachim Pauli 1792

vol. 19, 7,5 x 5 inches, hand colored, engraved title-frontispiece and
28 hand colored plates, one uncolored plate. Colors bright and strong! Full-leather binding, corners and edges somewhat bumped.

Among others, the plates show images of mostly apes, long-tailed monkeys, and baboons.

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.