
M. de Buffon - intendant du Jardin du Roi, de l'académie française et celle des sciences...etc.
In Paris, royal printing house - 1782.
1 volume in-12 (17 * 10 cm) - volume 12 (supplement) only.
Period shine, ornate ribbed spine, marbled edges.
412pp, 29 boards
Contained in this volume: among others,
The Elephant, The Mole, The Otter, The Seals etc ...
You can find the biography and work of the Count of Buffon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon