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17760886881776. 4 altkolorierte Kupferstiche aus Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte der Vögel. 1776: Die braune indianische Drossel Tafel CCCXL; Die weiss gekrönte Taube Tafel CLXXVII; Grüngeflügelte Taube Tafel CC; Die martinikische Taube Tafel CLXX; professionell u. geschmackvoll gerahmt unter lindgrünen Passepartouts mit Holzleisten. Sehr gut. 245 x 19 cm. Kupferstich. unknown
178318025Paris: L'Impremerie Royale. Near Fine. 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume one only. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 438 pages . L'Impremerie Royale hardcover
1799mon0003855967Paris: Hacquart & Richard 1799. Hardcover. Good. . 10 volume set volumes 1 - 10. 8vo. leather spines with gilt decoration marbled boards covers show minor wear and rubbing. pages lightly tanned and clean French language text. Paris: Hacquart & Richard hardcover
17995165Neuchatel: Veuve Seguin 1799. First edition Thus. The publisher's colophon details year VIII 1799. We can find no copy of this edition on WorldCat or the BnF website although there is a printing 3 years later. Complete with 12 engravings each of which has two images. Contemporary or shortly after stiff card paper covered boards. Blue paper for boards with orange to the spine and corners. These are both moderately rubbed. short title in ink to the spine. Title with engraved vignette owner's name alongside vignette. The binding is loose to the casing and is threatening to split but is currently holding together. Internally clean and tidy with a little marking and darkening to the pages. One plate is partially detached but holding firm. Overall a decent copy of a scarce abridgement. Buffon's Natural History formally titled Histoire naturelle générale et particulière is a monumental scientific work by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon 1707–1788. Published initially from 1749 to 1788 with supplements and further volumes issued after Buffon's death it stands among the most influential natural science publications of the Enlightenment era. 216 pages. 140 by 90mm 5½ by 3½ inches. . Première édition. Le colophon de l'éditeur indique l'année VIII 1799. Nous n'avons trouvé aucun exemplaire de cette édition dans WorldCat ou sur le site de la BnF bien qu'il y ait une impression 3 ans plus tard. Complet de 12 gravures chacune comportant deux images. Plaques contemporaines ou peu après recouvertes de papier cartonné rigide. Les planches sont recouvertes de papier bleu et le dos et les coins sont orangés. Ils sont tous deux modérément frottés. Titre court à l'encre sur le dos. Titre avec vignette gravée nom du propriétaire à côté de la vignette. La reliure est détachée du boîtier et menace de se fendre mais elle tient pour l'instant. L'intérieur est propre et bien rangé avec quelques marques et noircissements sur les pages. Une planche est partiellement détachée mais elle tient bien. Dans l'ensemble il s'agit d'un bon exemplaire d'un abrégé rare. L'Histoire naturelle de Buffon formellement intitulée Histoire naturelle générale et particulière est une œuvre scientifique monumentale du naturaliste français Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon 1707-1788. Publiée initialement de 1749 à 1788 avec des suppléments et d'autres volumes publiés après la mort de Buffon elle compte parmi les publications les plus influentes du siècle des Lumières dans le domaine des sciences naturelles. 216 pages. 140 x 90 mm 5½ x 3½ pouces. Veuve Seguin hardcover
1774FB640 /6A<p>Full leather binding black title plate. Gilt floral design on the spine. The <strong><em>Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi</em></strong> English: <em>Natural History General and Particular with a Description of the King's Cabinet</em> is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large quarto volumes written between 1749–1804 initially by the Comte de Buffon and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues led by Bernard Germain de Lacépède. The books cover what was known of the "natural sciences" at the time including what would now be called material science physics chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals. <strong>Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon</strong> 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician cosmologist and encyclopédiste. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists including two prominent French scientists Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his <em>Histoire Naturelle</em> during his lifetime with additional volumes based on his notes and further research being published in the two decades following his death. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Truly Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century". Credited with being one of the first naturalists to recognize ecological succession he was later forced by the theology committee at the University of Paris to recant his theories about geological history and animal evolution because they contradicted the Biblical narrative of Creation. Buffon held the position of <em>intendant</em> director at the Jardin du Roi now called the Jardin des Plantes. Buffon's <em>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière</em> 1749–1788: in 36 volumes; an additional volume based on his notes appeared in 1789 was originally intended to cover all three "kingdoms" of nature but the <em>Histoire naturelle</em> ended up being limited to the animal and mineral kingdoms and the animals covered were only the birds and quadrupeds. "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 Philibert Guéneau de Montbeillard and Gabriel-Léopold Bexon along with numerous artists. Buffon's <em>Histoire naturelle</em> was translated into many different languages making him one of the most widely read authors of the day a rival to Montesquieu Rousseau and Voltaire. In the opening volumes of the <em>Histoire naturelle</em> Buffon questioned the usefulness of mathematics criticized Carl Linnaeus's taxonomical approach to natural history outlined a history of the Earth with little relation to the Biblical account and proposed a theory of reproduction that ran counter to the prevailing theory of pre-existence. The early volumes were condemned by the Faculty of Theology at the Sorbonne. Buffon published a retraction but he continued publishing the offending volumes without any change. In the course of his examination of the animal world Buffon noted that despite similar environments different regions have distinct plants and animals a concept later known as Buffon's Law. This is considered to be the first principle of biogeography. He made the suggestion that species may have both "improved" and "degenerated" after dispersing from a center of creation. In volume 14 he argued that all the world's quadrupeds had developed from an original set of just thirty-eight quadrupeds. On this basis he is sometimes considered a "transformist" and a precursor of Darwin. He also asserted that climate change may have facilitated the worldwide spread of species from their centres of origin. Still interpreting his ideas on the subject is not simple for he returned to topics many times in the course of his work. Buffon considered the similarities between humans and apes but ultimately rejected the possibility of a common descent. He debated with James Burnett Lord Monboddo on the relationship of the primates to man Monboddo insisting against Buffon on a close relationship. At one point Buffon propounded a theory that nature in the New World was inferior to that of Eurasia. He argued that the Americas were lacking in large and powerful creatures and that even the people were less virile than their European counterparts. He ascribed this inferiority to the marsh odours and dense forests of the American continent. These remarks so incensed Thomas Jefferson that he dispatched twenty soldiers to the New Hampshire woods to find a bull moose for Buffon as proof of the "stature and majesty of American quadrupeds". In <em>Les époques de la nature</em> 1778 Buffon discussed the origins of the solar system speculating that the planets had been created by a comet's collision with the sun. He also suggested that the Earth originated much earlier than 4004 BC the date determined by Archbishop James Ussher. Basing his figures on the cooling rate of iron tested at his Laboratory the Petit Fontenet at Montbard he calculated that the age of the earth was 75000 years. Once again his ideas were condemned by the Sorbonne and once again he issued a retraction to avoid further problems.</p> De L'Imprimerie Royal. Paris. hardcover
179936495Paris: A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ . Et Firmin Didot. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Aprox 3.5" x 5.5". This monumental 18th century work totaling 127 volumes and published in sections was highly regarded for it's scientific approach and description of many new species. 3/4 black calf over marbled boards. Here presented is the 4 volume section on ovipares including snakes turtles frogs etc. Nos 71-4 sections nos 1-4. Numerous illustrations. . A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot hardcover
1799017345Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 44 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017342Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 60 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017339Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 41 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017349Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 62 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017344Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 56 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017341Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 42 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017348Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 63 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017338Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 57 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017340Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 59 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017343Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 61 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017347Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 40 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799017346Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 43 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1750654356Hamburg & Leipzig.: Georg Christian Grund & Adam Heinrich Holle. 1750. Orig.Halbleder. Mit 8 Tafeln 2 Faltkarten Kupferstichen im Text & Vignetten. Deckel lose Ecken und Kanten berieben. Vorsatz gebräunt. Rücken aufgeplatzt. Starke Gebrauchsspuren. xxvii318 SeitenRegister 288 SeitenRegister. Georg Christian Grund & Adam Heinrich Holle. 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
1799K7GA40HGCEBOParis 1799. 12mo. Crapelet Contemporary half calf spines with brown and green title-labels marbled sides. With a hand-coloured engraved portrait of Buffon in the first part. 3 volumes. XXVII 332; 4 319; 4 387 pp. The first three volumes containing the complete introduction of the Cours complet d'histoire naturelle pour faire suite à Buffon 80 volumes edited by the French naturalist and poet René Richard Louis Castel 1758-1832. The first part contains the Théorie de la terre the second the Époques de la nature and the third the Discours généraux sur l'histoire naturelle. With a bookplate on paste-down. Hinges of volume 1 cracked bindings rubbed along the extremities. Internally in very good condition. unknown
17691108290016Paris: de L'Imprimerie Royale 1769. Leather Bound. Very Good. Paris: de L'Imprimerie Royale. Tome 1: Premier discours. Second discours. Preuves de la theorie de la terre: article I-VIII. 1 l. viii 451 3 l. 12mo. French. Fully bound in contemporary brown calf-skin leather. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Burgundy Morocco title stamp with gilt lettering. Expertly repaired at spine and edges of boards. Protected with clear lacquer coating. Vertical crack along center of spine has been sealed and repaired. Tight binding and solid boards. Slight shelf wear. Minor bumping to corners. Slight rubbing to boards. Scuffing to board edges. Minor discoloration around outer edges of endpapers. Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Inlaid woodcut flourishes throughout. Good text block. Text is crisp and clear. A beautifully preserved volume in very good condition.<br><br>Compte de Buffon was a French naturalist mathematician cosmologist and encyclopedic author. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his Histoire naturelle during his lifetime; with additional volumes based on his notes and further research being published in the two decades following his death. It has been said that "Truly Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century." His anthology on Natural history has been reprinted and translated numerous times this being an earlier edition in original French. Please feel free to view our photographs of this fascinating piece of classic naturalist literature. Ships daily. Paris: de L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1799feb1037611799. Used. 1799; French Edition of HISTOIRE NATURELLE TOM 14 ; For more details please contact me unknown
1798cdb05London: H D Symonds. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed. Some hinges cracked. Some minor spine damage. Occasional foxing but mostly crisp and clean. 1798. First edition thus. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". viii 322pp; viii 332pp; viii 320pp; viii 322pp; viii 386pp plates. 46 b/w plates. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . H D Symonds hardcover
1798cdb05aLondon: 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. One title panel missing. Some hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing but content in overall VG condition. 1798. 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. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . H D Symonds hardcover
