35 v. : 20 cm. (8vo)

Translation, by Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (v.1-6) and Bernhard Christian Otto (v.7-35), of the volumes on birds of: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière. Paris and Liége, 1769, and (for later volumes) of the original edition. Paris, 1770-1783

Coauthors (of the volumes on birds) are Philibert Guéneau de Montbeillard and Gabriel Léopold Charles Amé Bexon

Edited by Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (v.1-6) and Bernhard Christian Otto (v.7-35)

Title for v.2-24 and 29 reads: Herrn von Büffons Naturgeschichte der Vögel

Subtitle for v. 7-35 reads: Aus dem Französischen übersetzt, mit Anmerkungen, Zusätzen und vielen Kupfern vermehrt, durch Bernhard Christian Otto, ... Siebenter [- Fünf und dreyssigster] Band

Volume 2 dated 1774; v.3, 1775; v.4, 1776; v.5-6, 1777; v.7, 1781; v.8, 1782; v.9-10, 1784; v.11, 1785; v.12, 1786; v.13, 1787; v.14, 1788; v.15, 1789; v.16-18, 1790; v.19, 1792; v.20, 1793; v.21, 1794; v.22, 1795; v.23-24, 1796; v.25-27, 1797; v.28, 1798; v.29, 1800; v.30, 1802; v.31, 1804; v.32, 1806; v.33, 1807; v.34, 1808

Imprint v.21-35: In der Buchhandlung des Geh. Commerzien-Raths Pauli

Vignette on title pages. Vignette v.5 signed: "D: Chodowiecki"; vignettes v.6-7, 18, 23, 25-29 signed: "F. Gürsch sc."

Numerous errors in paging

Last leaf in v.6 (chi1, p.[1-2]) folded; its format is quarto

Last leaf in v.8 (chi1, p.[1-2]) published in 1783, together with v.8 of: Herrn von Büffons Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere

Plates mostly unnumbered; exceptions: I.-IV., V./VI., VII.-XVII.; XVIIb.; XVIII.-XLV., XLVa.; XLVI.-LIX.; LXI.-CI. (v.1-4) and 47.-48. (v.7). Plates CII.-CXCIX. (v.5-6) numbered in lists of plates, but not on the plates themselves

Some plates published later than corresponding text. According to Engelmann, one volume of supplementary plates was published under the title:Erste Sammlung von 36 Abbildungen der Vögel, deren Nachlieferung versprochen worden. Zum 1.-12. Bande. Berlin, 1801. Nissen reports 2 supplementary volumes

Number of plates reported for various copies varies; perhaps a few plates were never published; on the other hand, many additional plates, not mentioned in the enumeration of plates in each volume, have been published and are inserted at the appropriate places of the text

Errata (v.3: p.v-viii; v.7: p.[i]-iii; v.8: p.[1] at end; v.10: p.[i]-ii, third count; v.11: p.[1-2] at end; v.12: p.[1-4] at end; v.16: p.[7] at front, footnote; v.23: p.vii, footnotes; v.24: p.viii; v.30: p.[1] at end)

Bookseller's advertisements (v.1: p.[7-8] at front; v.2: p.[13-16] at front; v.3: p.[253]-256; v.6: p.[1-2] at end (folded leaf); v.8: p.[1]-18, second count; v.20: p.[1-2] at end; v.23: p.viii; v.28: p.[9-10] at front)

This translation enriched with much additional information not found in the original French text (including American birds)

Includes bibliographical references and a partial index (v.6)

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