Sale: 366 / Rare Books including Marine Art, May 17./18. 2010 in Hamburg Lot 261

 
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Naturgeschichte der Vögel, 15 Bde., 1772


261
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon
Naturgeschichte der Vögel, 15 Bde., 1772
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,555

(incl. surcharge)
Buffon, [G. L. L. de], Naturgeschichte der Vögel. 15 vols. (of 37). With 8 colored engr. fronstispieces (of 15), 15 colored engr. title vignettes by D. Chodowiecki (rep.) and 555 colored copper plates (of 575). Berlin, J. Pauli 1772-90. Later boards with color label. 8vo.

Nissen, Vogelb. 159. - Anker 78. - Wood S. 268. - Fromm 4272. - First German edition. - At hand are vols. I, II, IV-XI and XIII-XVII. - Translated from French as well as increased by F. H. W. Martini (as of vol. VII: B. C. Otto). - Copy on better paper (cf. Anker). - "One of the most valuable of the many editions of this remarkable work .. The illustrations in the present edition are drawn from several sources, but most of them are prints from the plates of the original French treatise." (Wood). - Size of bindings slightly varying, however, uniformly bound. - Vol. X missing pages 273-74. - Foxed in places and somewhat browned, 1 quire detached, few ll. browned, endpaper stamped.




261
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon
Naturgeschichte der Vögel, 15 Bde., 1772
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,555

(incl. surcharge)