
M. de Buffon - intendant du Jardin du Roi, de l'académie française et celle des sciences...etc.
In Paris, royal printing house - 1775.
1 volume in-12 (17 * 10 cm) - volume 5 alone.
Period shine, ornate flat back, marbled edges. Worn upper cover, a lack of leather on a plate, a split hinge.
456pp - 19 boards.
Contained in this volume: among others, The Crow, The Magpie, The Jay, etc ...
You can find the biography and work of the Count of Buffon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon