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Buffon, Georges Louuis LeclercBiblio.com

Buffon's Natural History

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon; William Smellie [Trans]; Henry Augustus ChambersBiblio.com

A Natural History General and Particular: Containing the History and Theory of the Earth A General History of Man The Brute Creation Vegetables Minerals &c. Volume II.

18661012H21London: Thomas Kelly c1866. Leather. Good Only. 10" by 8.5". None Stated. The second volume of this richly illustrated revised edition of Buffon"s celebrated natural history featuring twenty-seven finely coloured plates of birds reptiles fishes insects and exotic plants. In a contemporary full calf binding. Front board detached but present. Volume II of a two volume set only. New edition corrected and enlarged. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière was originally published in French between 1749 and 1789 ultimately extending to thirty-six quarto volumes issued during Buffon"s lifetime with additional posthumous volumes continuing the series. Illustrated with twenty-seven coloured plates and a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Collated complete. Volume II of Buffon"s celebrated natural history one of the most ambitious and influential attempts to survey the natural world produced during the Enlightenment. This expanded English edition contains sections devoted to birds fishes reptiles insects and exotic plants incorporating later discoveries by prominent naturalists. Translated from the French by William Smellie. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally worn. Front board detached but present. Rubbing to boards with the odd minor scratch. Chipping to calf. Small repair to calf of rear board. Creasing to spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to calf. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if typically age toned with the odd light spot heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. One or two small chips and creases to fore edge. Repair to closed tear to margin of plate 24 "Guffard Eagle and the Boatman." Slight cockling to leaves. Good Only Thomas Kelly hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni45,00 £GB≈ 51,38 €

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