BUFFON - DAUBENTON, Histoire naturelle, 7 volumes, with ca 500 engraved plates.

Buffon, (G. L. L. ) de, - Daubenton, (L. J. M.), Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Nouvelle edition. IV-X, XIII-XV--XV, XVI-XVII. Amsterdam, chez J. H. Schneider) 1766-71, vol. XVI-XVII Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-71. 4:o (about 255x200 mm.). Titles with engraved vignettes, 12 engraved vignettes, 521 engraved plates, a few folding (all according to plate index, one with tear, one loose). Contemporary vellum, slightly worn, spines with manuscript titles, 2 spines with small damages at head. Minor foxing, Bookplate of the Hammer library. 7 volumes. Compare Nissen: ZBI, 678. Vol. XVI-XVII describes birds. Provenance: The collection of ship owner and dentist John Schander (1872-1937), manor of Elleholm in Blekinge, south of Sweden. Apart from the book collection, Schander owned a museum with prehistoric artefacts, which was later donated to the museum in Karlshamn.