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Büffons Naturgeschichte der Vögel : aus dem Französischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen

by: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788; Philippin, J. D., ill; Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1775

Topics: Ornithology, Birds

Publisher: Leipzig : bey Hermann Heinrich Holle

Collection: biodiversity

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: German

Volume: T.1 (1775)

Imprint varies, Th. 3-6: Leipzig : bey Johann Samuel Heinsius

"The ornithological section of a German edition of Buffon's 'Histoire naturelle' (74) which appeared in its entirety in 1750 -82 in 11 volumes (in 14)."--Anker, p. 109

Engraved title vignettes; woodcut head- and tail-pieces

Some of the plates signed J.D. Philippin

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art

extracted picklist

SCNHRB copy possibly lacking one plate

SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink at head of t.p.: L. Stejneger. Stamped on verso of t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Stejneger Collection [acc. no.] 324800-324805

SCNHRB copy bound in green library buckram, title in gilt on spine; uncut