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two birds that are sitting on a bookan open book with a picture of a bird on ittwo birds sitting on a tree branch in an open booka bird sitting on top of a book on a tablean open book with a picture of a bird on top of ittwo birds sitting on a tree branch in an open booktwo birds sitting on top of a book on a tablean open book with drawings of animals and birds on itan open book with drawings of fish on itan open book with drawings of fish on itan open book with a drawing of fish on itan open book with drawings of fish on itan open book with illustrations of different types of fishan open book with a picture of shells on itan open book with a picture of shells on itan open book with a picture of shells on itan open book with a picture of shells on itan open book with a picture of shells on itthree old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacethree books that are sitting on a white surface
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246 - 246- BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of), BLOCH (Marcus…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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246- BUFFON (Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of), BLOCH (Marcus Elieser), BOSC (Louis-Augustin-Guillaume): Set of 3 volumes of *Histoire Naturelle* (in-16) - BUFFON: ‘Natural History’. Paris: Deterville, Year X – 1802. Volume 22 (Volume 12 on birds); ‘Natural History of Fishes’. Paris: Deterville, Year X. Volume 4. Illustrations by BLOCH.; *Natural History of Shells...* In Paris, published by Verdière, 1824. Volume III. Illustrations by L.A.G. BOSC. Each volume is illustrated with plates engraved in two states; each figure appears first in black, then a second time finely hand-coloured at the time, the two states separated by endpapers. Plates of great freshness. Uniform contemporary bindings in black half-lambskin, smooth decorated spines, marbled paper covers and endpapers. Some rubbing and cracking to the spines. Remarkable copies featuring the double set of plates. VERY RARE.
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About the sale Antique and modern books – comic books
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 10:30 AM
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