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Lot 13
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
500
Price Realized
$640
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-1788). A group of 3 works, including:
Natural History. London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1791-1793. 18 volumes. -- Buffon's Natural History Containing a Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, Etc. London: H.D. Symonds, 1807-1811. 10 volumes. -- Oeuvres Completes de Buffon. Paris: Chez Furne, 1838-1839. 6 volumes with supplemental atlas.
Together, 3 works in 35 volumes, all 8vo and most in contemporary bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.