Le Nouveau Buffon de la Jeunesse, ou, Precis Elementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle, a l'Usage des Jeunes Gens des Deux Sexes. Complete in four volumes.

G. L. Le Clerc de Buffon

Published by Chez Genets, Jeune, Paris, 1817

About this Item

Four 16mo volumes. (5.5 x 3.5 inches). Pp. 250; 275; 274; 275 + [44]ff. plates. With frontispiece portrait and over 40 fine engraved plates by Jean-Louis Delignon, showing all manner of animals, birds, insects, and reptiles. A beautiful copy in full-tree-calf, spines gilt in six compartments, with two lettering pieces. Marbled endpapers. Flaws: one-inch dark stain to rear board, at head of spine, of Vol. 1; one-inch closed tear to margin of p. 43, Vol. 2; early owner's name and address to first blank of each volume. Otherwise fine. Seller Inventory # 000168

Bibliographic Details

Title: Le Nouveau Buffon de la Jeunesse, ou, Precis...

Publisher: Chez Genets, Jeune, Paris

Publication Date: 1817

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jean-Louis Delignon

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket as issued