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30048Paris Garnier frères 1853-1855. In 12 volumes. Very large 8vo 26.7 x 17.8 cm. Text with one engraved frontispiece one hand-coloured frontispiece one engraved portrait of Buffon and 160 hand-coloured engraved plates and maps for a total of 163 plates outside the text. Contemporary uniform dark blue half calf over pebbled boards; spines with four raised bands compartments with gilt vignettes and titles. Iridescent endpapers. All edges gilt. = A fine uniformly bound set of one of the many "Oeuvres Complètes" by this famous author mostly dealing with birds four volumes mammals three volumes and minerals three. With a preface by Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens dated 1855. The title pages are dated 1853-1854. Heim regards this edition as the eighth important edition after Buffon's death in 1788. The frontispiece plate to Volume II "l'Homme et la Femme" is present. It is not listed in the plate index at the end of Vol. XII and seems to be missing often. Nissen states an incorrect number of plates. Apart from some foxing in the text mostly on tissue guards an attractive set. R. Heim 1952 "Buffon Les grands naturalistes Français" p. 232; Hoover 192; Nissen ZBI 704. hardcover
68562Fine illustrated and antiquarian Ornithology . 1st. Ed. in English printed for A. Strahan T. Caddell and J. Murray London. 1793. Nine volume set with 262 fine copper engraved plates. 8vo. Hardback. Charming early Coat of arms ink stamp of Charles Harris Bradford to verso of titles. Minor spotting & offsetting and with only occ. age toning o/w. contents fine. Contemporary full tree-calf bindings richly gilt decorated to spines and board edges in good to vg. condition. A very pleasing set in original untouched condition. Fine illustrated and antiquarian Ornithology hardcover
18313736DB1831. 2 Bände. Milano Gaetano Schiepatti 1831. 8°. XXIII 279 S.; 305 S. 2 Bl. Mit 2 gest. Frontisp. 2 gest. Titel mit Portrait und 36 Kupfertafeln. Moderne Pappbände mit mont. Orig.-Buchdeckel. Seiten unbeschnitten. Neu aufgebunden. unknown
177714625AB1777. Nouvele édition. volume 3 of 10. Paris Thou 1777. 205 : 125 cm. Title 308 pages with 31 engraved plates. Contemporary calf spine richly gilt back label. The engraving in strong printing show birds in there surroundings at a river on the sea in the field near houses etc. - Some minor stains otherwise fine. unknown
178960389Paris l' Imprimerie Royale Plassan 1749 - 1789. 4to 262 x 205 mm. Uniformly bound in 32 contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Leather tome- and title-labels to all volumes. Edges of boards gilt. Light wear to extremities primarily affecting head and foot of spines corners bumped. Internally with light occassional marginal brownspotting but generally fine. With "J. Collin" Danish zoologist Jonas Collin to top margin of most front free end-papers. An overall nice set comprising the following:Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière 15 vols - 578 plates and 2 maps.Supplément à l'Histoire naturelle 6 vols - 141 plates and 2 maps.Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux 9 vols - 257 plates.Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens 2 vols - 66 plates. A total of 1042 plates and 4 maps. Wanting the portrait. The complex collation of this work has not been accurately described by bibliographers. Nissen and Heilbrun differ in the listing of number of plates and misname the descriptions of the plates. <br/><br/><em>First edition of this extensive landmark work in natural science. After his death several other volumes were published making the total number of volumes 44. Together with Diderot's Encyclopaedia this work represents the peak of book printing of the French enlightenment. Buffon was the first to sum up an entire natural history based on science instead of theology; It constitutes one of the first attempts to provide a comprehensive account of the natural world aiming at describing the entire known natural world - including plants animals and minerals - in a single work. Buffon based his work on first-hand observations and scientific analysis rather than on second-hand accounts or mythological beliefs making it a seminal work in the development of modern science. "Buffon's "Natural History General and Particular" presented for the first time a complete survey of natural history in a popular form . he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation. In 1739 he was appointed Director of the Jardin du Roi now Jardin des Plantes. It would appear that the 'Natural History germinated in the preparation of a catalogue of the royal collection. Buffon then enlarged its scope to Aristotelian or Plinian proportions and finally transformed it into a conspectus of nature of a breadth and depth previously unknown". … he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation." PMM. Buffon's work had a significant impact upon the field of natural history and influenced many other scientists including Charles Darwin; In a part of the work "Des Epoqeus de la Nature" Supplement vol. V 1778 present here Buffon attacked several Christian doctrines on natural science. He saw man as a part of the animal world he objected to earth being only 6000 years old and he dismissed a rigid classification system thus paving the way for Darwin's thoughts a century later:"Georges Buffon set forth his general views on species classification in the first volume of his Histoire Naturelle. Buffon objected to the so-called "artificial" classifications of Andrea Cesalpino and Carolus Linnaeus stating that in nature the chain of life has small gradations from one type to another and that the discontinuous categories are all artificially constructed by mankind. Buffon suggested that all organic species may have descended form a small number of primordial types; this is an evolution predominantly from more perfect to less perfect forms." Parkinson Breakthroughs. "Buffon's work is of exceptional importance because of its diversity richness originality and influence. Buffon was among the first to create an autonomous science free of any theological influence. He emphasized the importance of natural history and the great length of geological time. He envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of paleontology zoological geography and animal psychology. He realised both the necessity of transformism and its difficulties. Although his cosmogony was inadequate and his theory of animal reproduction was weak and although he did not understand the problem of classification he did establish the intellectual framework within which most naturalists up to Darwin worked." DSB From the library of Danish zoologist Jonas Collin 1840-1905 who issued a new edition of Kjærbølling's "The Birds of Scandinavia" in 1875-1877 See Anker 251 - a work most likely inspired by his knowledge from his i.e. the present copy of Buffon's "Histoire Naturelle".The 'Histoire Générale' was widely reprinted and translated. Sometimes only individual sections were produced other times the complete work appeared. PMM 198.Nissen 672.Brunet I 376.Dibner 193.Sparrow p. 23.Anker 6. </em> hardcover
176139518Paris Imprimerie Royale 1761. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf spine and boards worn. 4 376 pp. With engraved vignette on titlepage and 41 full-page engraved plates many folding. Plate 16 torn. <br/><br/><em>Volume 9 in the first edition. Plates describing lions tigers leopards hyenas &c. Buffon is best remembered for his great work Histoire naturelle générale et particulière 1749-788: in 35 volumes 9 additional volumes published after his death by Lacépède. It included everything known about the natural world up until that date. "Written in a brilliant style this work was read. by every educated person in Europe." Those who assisted him in the production of this great work included Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. His Histoire was translated into many different languages making him one of the most widely read authors of the day equaling Rousseau and Voltaire. </em> hardcover
ZOOL0484Troppau Traßler 1785. Die alt kolorierten Tafeln sehr gut erhalten. Beiliegend die Textseiten 117-331 des 2. Bandes. Aus der deutschen Ausgabe Die österr. Ausgabe d. deutschen Übersetzung d. berühmten u. sehr umfangreichen Standardwerks. Aus dem Französischen v. Bernhard Christian Otto übersetzt. [Troppau, Traßler 1785]. unknown
182742163Paris Baudouin Frères et N. Delangle 1827-28. Bound in 34 contemp. uniform hcalf richly gilt spines. Various wear to spine-ends a few vols. with small tears to hinges. Edges rubbed. Engraved portrait 2 folded maps to vol. I 3 plates to vol. 11 Carte polaires to vol. 5 and 192 engraved and handcoloured plates. Oiseaux 118 Mammifères 74. Plates with tissue-guards and in general fine and clean. Textvolumes with some foxing and scattered brownspots throughout. unknown
185632127-127Paris Dufour Mulat & Boulanger 1856-58. With engr. plate by Oudet after Chazal "L'Homme" and 99 handcolored wood-engr. plates after Edouard de Traviès partly gummed. Large 8vo. 19th-cent. half leather gilt lettering on spines by C. Honegger Basel. Paris Dufour Mulat & Boulanger 1856-58. Buffon's 1707-1788 highly popular works one of numerous 19th century editions. Volumes I and II are of a general nature dealing with the history of the earth minerals metals the development of plants animals and humans human races etc.; volume III deals with mammals domestic and wild and volumes IV and V with birds. He was one of the first to give empirical explanations to natural phenomena rather than refer to the biblical creation myth. "Buffon's order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science" DSB which no doubt worked in his favour with the general reader. His natural history written in an elegant style can be rightfully considered as belonging to world literature. The nice plates after Edouard de Traviès show the animals and birds in a natural context. - Text browned or foxed in parts plates generally clean. - Not in Nissen. SCIENCE: NATURAL HISTORY / NATURGESCHICHTE ; Paris, Dufour, Mulat & Boulanger hardcover
003269N/A. N/A. 4to Paris 1778. Pps.viii 516 xxviii1 With two folding maps and six folding plates of teeth. The first appearence in print of this work. Vol. 5 of the supplement to his Histoire Naturelle. Apart from a small chip in the bottom of the spine an excellant crisp unmarked copy in a contemporary full calf binding a little rubbed at the edges <br/> <br/> unknown
1868LRB618Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils 1868 Titre : Histoire naturelle extraite de Buffon et de Lacépède - Quadrupèdes Oiseaux Serpents Poissons et CétacésAuteur : Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc ; Lacépède Bernard-Germain deÉditeur : Alfred Mame et FilsLieu d'édition : ToursDate d'édition : 1868Langue : FrançaisReliure : Percaline éditeur rose-or plats frappés à froid et décor central doré dos lisse titré orÉtat : Usure d'usage aux plats et au dos passé coins émoussés petites taches aux plats rousseurs éparses tache brune au faux-titre et au titre intérieur globalement propre et solideIllustrations : Frontispice gravé « Le Condor » et très nombreuses gravures sur bois dans le texteFormat : Grand in-8 environ 28 x 19 cmDescription : Jolie édition populaire du XIXe siècle réunissant des extraits de l'Histoire naturelle de Buffon et de Lacépède couvrant les mammifères oiseaux reptiles poissons et cétacés. Impression soignée chez Mame richement illustrée de vignettes naturalistes. Exemplaire au cartonnage éditeur orné typique des productions Mame. Hardcover. Good. Alfred Mame et Fils hardcover
65458Chez Abel Ledoux 10 volumes In-8 4000pp. portrait frontispice 4 cartes depliantes nombreux tableaux et tables 1 volume de 164 planches: 450 gravures reliures demi-basane de l'epoque dos ornes et filets dores Nb-0236 unknown
177561763London: Printed For T Bell. 1775. Hardcover. Very Good. Six Volume set 1775 approc 2900pps folding frontis repaired to volume 1 many plates possibility 1 plate may be missing odd spotting to text tiny hole in 1 page. Bound in full leather sl rubbed on covers and spines one corner 1 vol knocked sl affecting page corners.; Octavo . Printed For T Bell hardcover
003523N/A. N/A. 9 vols 1793. English edition complete with 262 hand coloured plates. Contemporary full polished calf vol.1 and 9 weak joints. A very good clean set unusual coloured <br/> <br/> unknown
55894London: Printed for the Proprietor 1797-1808. 16 Volumes. 8vo actually a small 4to. the volumes measure just under 5 x 8 inches. 19th century tree-calf spines designed in gilt lettered in gilt on panels of black. A few slightly cracked hinges and modest shelf wear a very nice clean set. This is a uniform binding of two separate sets; the first set of ten volumes has the legend "Barr's Buffon" at the head of the title page. The second set of six volumes is issued anonymously. In all 136 plates most coloured by hand. Internally very fresh almost no foxing to be seen. Typically the plates are not in the exact order given in the individual volumes. In this case the final supplement volume contains several plates which are listed in earlier volumes but not present there. One plate from Volume 11 a Parrot appears never to have been bound-in. In all a clean and attractive set of Buffon quite handsome. <br/><br/> London: Printed for the Proprietor, 1797-1808. unknown
1811422263ª Ed. Española.- Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando 1802-1811.- 22 VOLS. 314 p. 1 h. un retrato del autor / 343 p. / 310 p. 1 h. / 335 p. / 312 p. 5 láminas / 310 p. 5 láminas / 312 p. 6 láminas / 286 p. 8 láminas / 300 p. 6 láminas / 310 p. 7 láminas / 300 p. 6 láminas / 321 p. 7 láminas / 309 p. 3 láminas / 279 p. 3 láminas / 205 p. 4 láminas / 312 p. 10 láminas / 310 p. 1 lámina / 309 p. 5 láminas / 312 p. 4 láminas / 311 p. 4 láminas / 312 p. 2 láminas / 348 p. 4 láminas: En total contiene 91 láminas grabadas al cobre incluso el retrato de Buffon; 8º minúsculo 143 x 82 cm; Enc. de la época en Plena Piel pasta antigua lomo liso dorado tejuelo.- BONITA COLECCION COMPLETA DE ESTA FAMOSA OBRA. Palau Nº 36751. La encuadernación con las normales señales del tiempo y pequeñas faltas de piel reparadas en las cejillas de la cabeza del lomo de 3 tomos. Tiene unas pequeñas galerÃas de polilla en unas pocas hojas de 4 tomos que tocan a muy pocas letras no afectando a su lectura. DICHO ESTO QUE ES PRECEPTIVO la obra en general se encuentra en MUY BUEN ESTADO. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Libro en español Imprenta de Villalpando hardcover
3-81898Paris de l'Imprimerie de F. Dufart an VIII 1799 tredici volumi dal Vol. XXII al vol. XXXIV in-8vo cm. 215 x 145 rilegati in cartone telato verde ottocentesco con titoli dorati ai dorsi ogni volume di 300/400 pagine con 226 tavole incise fuori testo. Qualche normale brunitura dovuta alla carta dell'epoca comunque set in ottime condizioni. unknown
3-81899Paris de l'Imprimerie de F. Dufart an IX-X 1800-1801 ventotto volumi dal vol. XXXVII al vol. LXIV in-8vo cm. 215 x 145 rilegati in cartone telato verde ottocentesco con titoli dorati ai dorsi ogni volume con oltre 300 pagine con 256 tavole incise fuori testo. Qualche normale brunitura dovuta alla carta dell'epoca comunque set in ottime condizioni. unknown
185041991Madrid: Establecimiento Tipográfico de D. Francisco de Paula Mellado 1847-1850.- 35 VOLS. XXXVI488 p. 1 h. 2 mapas plegados / 428 p. / 622 p. 6 lams. y 1 mapa plegado / 493 p. 1 h. 8 lams. / 480 p. 10 lams. / 502 p. 7 lams. / 469 p. 5 lams. / 493 p. 1 h. 6 lams. / 526 p. 1 h. 7 lams. / 539 p. 1 h. 7 lams. / 582 p. 7 lams. / 566 p. / 547 p. 1 h. / 488 p. 20 lams. / 454 p. 25 lams. / 558 p. / 608 p. / 492 p. / 507 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 558 p. 1 h. 2 lams. / 565 p. 1 h. 2 lams. / 489 p. 1 h. 18 lams. / 656 p. 24 lams. / 521 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 499 p. 1 h. 1 lam. / 438 p. 1 h. 1 lam. / 476 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 486 p. 1 h. 4 lams. / 495 p. 5 lams./ 502 p. 1 h. 4 lams./ 488 p./ 613 p. 1 h. 3 lams./ 524 p./ 557 p. / 581 p.: En total contiene 190 vistosas láminas grabadas en madera xilografÃas incluso los 3 mapas; 8º menor 17 x 115 cm.; Buena impresión sobre papel blanco y firme; Finamente encuadernado en Media Piel a puntas de la época con el lomo bellamente dorado y los cortes levemente jaspeados en tono rojizo. EJEMPLAR EN MAGNIFICO ESTADO TOTALMENTE COMPLETO EN PAGINAS Y LAMINAS. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Libro en español Establecimiento Tipográfico de D. Francisco de Paula Mellado hardcover
3-81900Paris P. Duménil 1835-1836 nove volumi in-8vo cm. 22 x 145 rilegati in mezza pelle rossa con angoli snodi titoli e fregi dorati ai dorsi conservate all'interno le copertine originali complessivamente 4.000 pagine stampate su due colonne con tre carte geografiche e 344 tavole tutte con due animali raffigurati litografiche fuori testo. Qualche fioritura e qualche brunitura diffusa dovuta alla qualità della carta dell'epoca. Nel complesso in ottime condizioni. L'opera è cosi suddivisa: Tome I Matières générales I pp. 504 con una carta geografica ripiegata fuori testo. Tome II Matières générales II pp. 479 con due carte geografiche ripiegate fuori testo. Tome III Matières générales III pp. 480 con 3 tavole. Tome IV Matières générales IV pp. 394 2 con 6 tavole litografiche fuori testo. Tome V Quadrupedes I pp. 388 con tavole 1-71 litografiche fuori testo. Tome VI Quadrupedes II pp. 430 con tavole 72-147 litografiche fuori testo. Tome VII Oiseaux I pp. 421 con tavole 1-63. Tome VIII Oiseaux II pp. 455 con tavole 64-130. Tome IX Oiseaux III pp. 424 con tavole 131-188. unknown
3-81897Paris chez Verdière et Ladrage 1824-1830 quaranta volumi in-8vo cm. 215 x 1 in elegante legatura coeva in mezza pelle con nervature e fregi in oro ai dorsi tagli spruzzati firma del legatore “Grigandat†alla base dorso del primo volume. L'opera è cosi suddivisa: Vol. I-XI: Discorsi accademici. Teoria della Terra. Storia naturale dei minerali. Vol. XII: Storia generale degli animali. Vol. XIII-XV: Storia naturale dell'uomo. Vol. XVI-XXIX: Mammiferi. Vol. XXX-XL: Uccelli. COMPLETO. Con 2 ritratti incisi su rame Conte di Buffon e Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton 2 tavole litografiche allegoriche 2 mappe a doppia pagina e 712 litografie di cui 657 colorate a mano. 55 per L'hist. Animaux l'hist. de L'homme. Mammifères: 467 e Oiseaux: 190. In ottimo stato di conservazione. unknown
2008cdb11New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket and illustrated slipcase. 2008. First edition thus. Green hardback cloth cover. 390mm x 310mm 15" x 12". 670pp. 1008 colour plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Rizzoli International Publications Inc hardcover
1797cdb02London: H D Symonds. G: in good condition. Oval library stamp to feps & title pages. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Spines heavily rubbed with loss to spine ends. Some title panels missing. Some hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing but content in overall VG condition. 1797. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". viii 333pp; iv 348pp; 348pp; 352pp; 347pp; iv 346pp; iv 338pp; iv 343pp; vi 355pp; 366pp; viii 322pp; viii 331pp; viii 320pp; viii 322pp; viii 386pp plates. 130 b/w plates. Published 1797-1798. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . H D Symonds hardcover
1870cdb07bLondon: Printed for G Berger. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Lacking one plate pl.51. Occasional light marking and foxing. 1870. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". iv 352; 424pp viii. 100 b/w plates including frontis and title page. Frontis title page and two plates butterflies and moths unnumbered. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Printed for G Berger hardcover
1797cdb04London: H D Symonds. G: in good condition. Oval library stamp to feps & title pages. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Spines heavily rubbed with loss to spine ends. Some title panels missing. Some hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing but content in overall VG condition. 1797. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". viii 333pp; iv 348pp; 348pp; 352pp; 347pp; iv 346pp; iv 338pp; iv 343pp; vi 355pp; 366pp plates. 130 b/w plates. Published 1797-1798. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . H D Symonds hardcover
