(BIRDS) Francois Nicolas Martinet; and Edme Louis Daubenton Bound volume of 100 large paper hand colored engraved plates from

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(BIRDS.) Francois Nicolas Martinet; and Edme Louis Daubenton. Bound volume of 100 large paper hand-colored engraved plates from Comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Folio, 17¾x12 inches, attractive modern half calf to style; strong original hand-coloring touched with gum arabic; 3 plates with oval ink stamp otherwise clean and bright. Paris, circa 1770-1780

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