
M. de Buffon - intendant du Jardin du Roi, de l'académie française et celle des sciences...etc.
In Paris, royal printing house - 1772.
1 volume in-12 (17 * 10 cm) - volume 3 alone.
Period shine, ornate ribbed spine, red edges. Slotted hinges.
417pp - 9 boards.
Contained in this volume: among others,
The Bustard, The Rooster, The Turkey etc ...
You can find the biography and work of the Count of Buffon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon