
M. de Buffon - intendant du Jardin du Roi, de l'académie française et celle des sciences...etc.
In Paris, royal printing house - 1766.
1 volume in-12 (17 * 10 cm) - volume 22 only.
Vintage shine, ornate nervous back, red slices. Blown headdresses razed. Worn corners.
328pp - 8 plates
Contents of this volume: among others,
The elephant, the rhinoceros
You can find the biography and work of the Count of Buffon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon