A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821., Samuel Davenport; Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821., Samuel Davenport; Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
A title page (right) embellished with illustration of people ascending steep cliffs and a book plate (left) of four birds. Engravings by S. Davenport, ca. 1821. — Samuel Davenport; Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon23 Novr. 1821

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