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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
1770878P19Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1770-85. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An uncommon to see complete set of Buffon's influential natural history work these lavishly illustrated eighteen volumes focussing on birds. The first edition.Complete in eighteen volumes.In the original French.Buffon's influential 'Histoire Naturelle'.'Histoire Naturelle' is an encylopaedic work originally running to 36 volumes by Buffon being continued by his colleagues led by Lacepede after his death.An extensive study on birds an essential work of natural history which explores many different species of birds accompanied by detailed engravings.This was an incredibly important resource on the subject of natural history in eighteenth century France providing a wealth of information on all living things accompanied by detailed engravings.Volume I is illustrated with fourteen plates.Volume II is illustrated with fifteen plates.Volume III is illustrated with nine plates.Volume IV is illustrated with eighteen plates.Volume V is illustrated with nineteen plates.Volume VI is illustrated with twelve plates.Volume VII is illustrated with thirteen plates.Volume VIII is illustrated with fourteen plates.Volume IX is illustrated with fifteen plates.Volume X is illustrated with seven plates.Volume XI is illustrated with fifteen plates.Volume XII is illustrated with ten plates.Volume XIII is illustrated with fourteen plates.Volume XIV is illustrated with seventeen plates.Volume XV is illustrated with twenty-four plates.Volume XVI is illustrated with fifteen plates.Volume XVII is illustrated with twenty-three plates.Volume XVIII is illustrated with seven plates.Collated complete. In a full calf binding. Externally a little worn. Bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities with a small amount of loss to the head of the spines of Volumes I II VII X XI XII XIII XIV and XVI. Light rubbing and a few small marks to the boards and spines. Small chip to the rear board of Volume I. Three small worm holes to the front joint of Volume II to the rear joint of Volume V to the front joint of Volume IX joints of Volume XI joints of Volume XII front joint of Volume XIV front joint of Volume XV and joints of Volume XVII. Two small damp stains to the front board of Volume VIII. Heavier wear to the front board of Volume X with loss of leather. Small mark to the front board of Volume IX. A small amount of loss to the tail of the front board of Volume XII. Two very small patches of loss to the rear board of Volume XIII. Patch of heavier rubbing to the front board of Volumes XV and XVIII. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Stamp to the title pages. Very Good L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1783880P2Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1783-88. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. Comte de Buffon's important natural history work these nine volumes focusing solely on the history of minerals a nice set in the original French. The first edition.Complete in nine volumes.In the original French.Half-titles present to Volumes III to IX.'Histoire Naturelle' is an encylopaedic work originally running to 36 volumes by Buffon being continued by his colleagues led by Lacepede after his death.These nine volumes focus on minerals and was the last work published during Buffon's lifetime the author dying in 1788. The last volume in this set includes 'Traité de l"Aimant'.This was an incredibly important resource on the subject of natural history in eighteenth century France providing a wealth of information on all living things.'Histoire Naturelle des Mineraux' was a departure from the rest of Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle' set as 'Mineraux' was not illustrated. Buffon collaborated on this series on minerals by Andre Thouin Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond and Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau.Stamp of 'St. Hugh's Parkminster' to the title pages. St Hugh's Charterhouse is the only post-reformation Carthusian monastery in the U.K. a Gothic Revival structure founded in 1873. In the original calf binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities a very small amount of loss to the head of the spine of Volume I and lifting to the head of the spines of Volumes VII and IX. A little light rubbing to the joints heavier rubbing to the front board of Volume II. Heavier rubbing with a small amount of loss to the tail of the rear board of Volume V. A small amount of loss of leather to the tail of the front board of Volume VII. Second spine label of Volume VIII is lifting. Heavier rubbing to the front board of Volume IX. A few light marks to the boards including a larger mark to the rear board of Volume I to the front board of Volume III and to the rear board of Volume IV. Two small worm holes to the front joint and one to the rear joint of Volume III. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Stamp to the title pages. First and last few pages of Volume IV are age-toned. Very Good L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1770901F25Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1770-1775. First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. The first six volumes only of the first edition of the Comte de Buffon's lavishly illustrated natural history work on birds. In the original French.The first six volumes only of the eighteen volume first edition of this work on birds part of Buffon's influential 'Histoire Naturelle'.'Histoire Naturelle' is an encyclopaedic work originally running to 36 volumes by Buffon being continued by his colleagues led by Lacepede after his death.An extensive study of birds an essential work of natural history which explores many different species of birds accompanied by detailed engravings.This was an incredibly important resource on the subject of natural history in eighteenth century France providing a wealth of information on all living things accompanied by detailed engravings.Volume I is illustrated with fourteen plates.Volume II is illustrated with fifteen plates.Volume III is illustrated with nine plates.Volume IV is illustrated with eighteen plates.Volume V is illustrated with nineteen plates.Volume VI is illustrated with twelve plates.Half titles to volumes I II and VI.With the inscription of 'Dan. de la Cherois' to the tail of the volume I title page. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strips. Significant rubbing to joints and back strip heads and tails. Small losses of leather to volume V and VI back strip tails with further minor losses to head of volume I and V back strips. Lacking half of volume III title spine label with partial remnants of only two volume number labels. A touch of worming to head of volume VI front joint. Internally firmly bound. Inscription to volume I title page tail. Pages bright and generally clean though a touch age toned due to paper type. Good L'Imprimerie 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
177089949Paris: Imprimerie royale 1770. Fine. Mrs Necker: ""Animals seemed to be the most distant from us and Buffon's art lay in constantly bringing them closer"" our own translation Imprimerie royale Paris 1770-1783 20 x 26.4 cm relié First edition from the Imprimerie Royale complete in nine quarto volumes with all 262 black-and-white engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf spines with raised bands decorated with guilloche tooling and gilt ornaments in the compartments red morocco lettering-pieces and numbering-pieces triple gilt fillet border on boards double gilt fillet on board edges marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges. Minor variations in the tooling on volume 3. In this set some headcaps missing 6 cm joints split at foot of volume 1 6.5 cm and 6 cm at foot of volume 2 3.5 cm at head of volume 3 corners bumped scratches and minor restoration to boards including a more significant repair on volume 7 measuring 11 cm browning in left margin of lower board of volume 4. In this copy: some worming several instances of dampstaining throughout the set more pronounced in volumes 1 3 and 8 some tears restored on the title page and on pp. ix and xxiii of volume 1 also restored on p. 496 of volume 2 on pp. 259 and 260 of volume 3 on pp. 481 and 482 of volume 4 and on pp. 173 to 176 of volume 5. Copy with some marginal annotations: in volume 2 a manuscript footnote added in ink on p. 541 ""Voyez les Planches enluminures n°491"" erroneous manuscript dates in ink in volumes 2 and 8 the number ""18"" annotated in ink in the upper right corner of the rear endpaper of volume 9. Copy richly illustrated with drawings by Jacques de Sève engraved by Robert de Launay Lucas Michel Madeleine-Thérèse Rousselet C. Baron Hubert Catherine Haussard Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg Jean-Guillaume Blanchon Menil Dufour Louis Claude Legrand Claude Mathieu Fessard Elisabeth Haussard François Hubert A.-B. Duhamel Mlle Mansard C. Baquoy Heinrich Guttenberg Laurent Guyot Benazeth Schmitz Marie-Anne Rousselet M. R. veuve Tardieu Louis-Gabriel Monnier Pierre-Étienne Moitte Jean-Louis de Lignon Levillain N. du Four Thomas Chambars Nicolas Thomas Luigi Valperga and George Louis Biosse. Accompanied by two additional plates heightened in color numbered XX and XXII from a volume 7 of the Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. The illustrator Jacques de Sève's main work was unquestionably the Histoire naturelle générale et particulière for which he executed nearly 2000 drawings. Unlike the illustrations he produced for other sections of Buffon's monumental work made primarily from stuffed specimens his work on birds was essentially executed from living models. To accomplish this vast project Jacques de Sève drew inspiration from the works of the king's ""Peintre ordinaire"" Jean-Baptiste Oudry. This judicious decision won him the favor of the queen a great admirer of the master of animal painting. By incorporating small Boucher-style putti in the introductory vignettes of certain volumes of the Histoire naturelle des oiseaux Sève also gained the good graces of the king's mistress. These illustrations at once decorative and scholarly which appear in the present first edition were not retained in the duodecimo edition. A superb complete copy of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux by the French Pliny. As Ferdinand Hoefer wrote this work maintains the same ""magnificence of style"" as the other publications in the Histoire naturelle générale et particulière. Imprimerie royale hardcover
1799222Paris: L’Imprimerie de Crapelet Chez Deterville rue du Battoir n. 16 1799. Hardcover. Good. René Richard Castel ed. Georges-Louis Leclerc au. Histoire naturelle de Buffon classée par ordres genres et espèces d'après le systême de Linné avec les caractères génériques et la nomenclacture Linnéenne par René- Richard Castel auteur du poëme des Plantes. Paris: L’Imprimerie de Crapelet Chez Deterville rue du Battoir n. 16 An VII 1799.Interior Condition: Good. Paris printed by the Imprimerie Crapelet 1799 uses French Republican calendar 32mo pp. iii 1-317 i; π3 1 61 2-3 6 4 6 1 5 -7 6 8 62 9 6 10 62 11 61 12-13 6 14-15 61 16 6 17 -18 61 19 61 20 61 21- 22 6 23 61 24 6 25- 26 61 27 3 one worm hole extending from prelims to p. 61 some minor foxing throughout but many clean pages; 15 full-page double paned illustrations.; no reader marks. Binding Condition: Good. Full leather bound gold tooling with decorative gold stamping on spine title on red leather series number on green leather age evident with some separation between front cover board and spine still very strongly attached corners have wear and leather has received some damage on back cover.This book is one volume in a set of 36. While ideally it will complete a collection of the Crapelet-Deterville Buffon set it also stands as a wonderful single volume with 15-double paned illustrations of many four-legged animals. Georges-Louis Leclerc Count of Buffon 1707-1788 produced his encyclopedic work of 36 volumes over the course of 50 years and is known as one of the chief naturalists of the 18th century. Among other paradigm-changing contributions to understanding the natural world Buffon's works challenged calculation that the world was 6 000 years old and his claim of the superiority of European flora and fauna to that of North America affronted Thomas Jefferson so much that he sent examples to Europe in order to disprove Buffon's assertion. L’Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville, rue du Battoir, n. 16 hardcover
1785323831785. This print comes from the monumental work "Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière" Natural History General and Particular by the famous French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon. Published circa 1782 original copper engraving with hand-colouring. unknown
17921305120001Berne: Nouvelle societe typographique 1792-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 13 volume set. Plates; Charts. French. Clean unmarked pages. Contemporary light blue boards some slightly bent at edge. Deckle cut. Generally solid bindings. Some wear to spine edges. See our pictures. I-III : Theorie de la terre. IV-VII : Mineralogie. VIII : Epoques de la nature. IX-XIII : Histoire generale des animaux et de l'homme. Berne: Nouvelle societe typographique hardcover
178848877à Paris: De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi 1788. Fine. De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi à Paris 1788 20 x 25.50 cm relié First edition of this treatise published following the four volumes whose editorial dates run from 1782 for the first volume to 1788 for the last namely the Traité de l'aimant which is therefore often missing from the series. Contemporary full red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Title and volume labels in black morocco. Triple fillet frame on covers. Roulette on leading edges and board-edges. Gilt edges. Domino paper with gilt stars. Corners rubbed. Very handsome copy perfectly bound in a master binding very fresh. The Traité de l'aimant is the last work published during the author's lifetime and closes the Histoire naturelle whose edition spanned fifty years and which enjoyed success comparable to Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. The treatise proper is followed by numerous tables of observations on the inclination of the magnetic needle with the names of travelers and navigators in the southern and northern hemispheres according to different latitudes. The treatise begins with an exposition of magnetic and electric forces. De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi hardcover
177089949Imprimerie royale | Paris 1770-1783 | 20 x 26.4 cm | relié
178848877De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi | à Paris 1788 | 20 x 25.50 cm | relié
1735W88369Paris, chez Debure l'ainé 1735 [2bl] xviii [viii] 408 [ii] [2bl] pp. illustré de 10 planches dépliantes hors-texte contenant 20 figures représentant les expériences faites par Hales, 1e édition française de l'ouvrage en anglais "Vegetable staticks" (London, 1727), 25cm., reliure plein-cuir d'époque à 5 nerfs (dos avec titre doré et compartiments dorés avec motif floral au centre, peu usé aux coins et en bas et en haut du dos), petit trou de ver dans la charnière supérieure et inférieure, tranches rouges, texte frais, peu de rousseurs et qqs. vagues taches dans le marge du texte de qqs.pages, bon état, W88369
17359457Paris, Debure l'Ainé (Imprimerie Jacques Vincent), 1735 ; in-4 ; plein veau moucheté havane, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XVIII, (8) (table et errata), 408, (2) pp., 20 planches en 10 feuilles dépliantes.
1800EYL-232Paris, Terrelonge, Solvet, An IX. In 8 (125 x 200) de XII-136 p., 1 f. (errata). Demi basane marbrée à petits coins de vélin, dos lisse orné de doubles filets dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin orangé, petite découpe en marge inférieure à 2 feuillets (sans atteinte au texte). Reliure de l’époque.
17511609070017Hambourg i.e. Hamburg 1751-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 5 volume set. 9 parts bound as 5. Includes 2 additional works bound also in "Lettres d'un Philosophe a un docteur de Sorbonne sur les explications de M. de Buffon" by Duhamel 1754; "Reflexions sur le Systeme de Generation De M. De Buffon" by Albrecht von Haller. Collated: 2 127 1 50; 2 66 2 66 2; 2 31 1 96 69 1; 2 78 2 92; 2 185 1; 238 2; 2 238 2; 2 258 2; 2 276 2 138 3 67 4 12mo. Bound in full contemporary calf. Gilt stamping to spines. Some of the hinges cracked starting. All edges red. Marbled end pages. Pages clean and unmarked. Sabin 41054. Barbier II col. 1222; Cobres p. 210. Lignac's letters written to an anonymous American with the help of Bouguer was an attempt to refute Buffon and Condillac. Lignac's identified Buffon's attempts to subject natural phenomena to observation and experiment divorced from the literal biblical interpretation and provided an early criticism of the new scientific thinking. "Lignac's criticism was essentially that Buffon "contradicts Genesis in everything" ruins religion and drives God out of natural history." See Roger Jacques "Buffon A Life in Natural History" p. 192. The relevance of this work today is in the changes and challenges facing the French Academy as France entered into the modern era. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Hambourg [i.e. Hamburg] hardcover
179936494Paris: 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 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 section of birds running from 39 though 56 section numbers 1-3 5-18. Close to 200 finely engraved plates. Lacking volume 4 only. . A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot 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
179936482Paris: 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 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 secition of quadrupeds complete in 13 volumes. Volumes 25-38. section nos 1-14 The finely executed engraved plates with this section totaling aprox 230. Complete. . A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot hardcover
179936490Paris: 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 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. Not illustratred many charts. Volumes #1-8 and 10-24. Section and series numbers the same as this was the beginning of the series. Some plates including 18th century foldout maps of North and South America as well as one of Africa and Eurasia this volume with back cover separated. . A La Librairie Ste´re´otype De P. Didot L'Aine´ ... Et Firmin Didot hardcover
1788M6850Paris 1788. Very Good; laid on acid-free paper for long-term preservation. Notes: This handsome sea chart that indicates magnetic needle readings along various routes through the Atlantic. Size : 850x532 mm 33.46x20.94 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Atlantic; unknown
1788M5521Paris 1788. Very Good folding map flattened and folds reinforced laid on acid free canvas for long term preservation. Notes: "Double hemispherical world map with each hemisphere shown on polar projection. Plate probably accompanied: Histoire naturelle generale et particulare / George Louis Leclerc Buffon. Paris 1749-1804. Plate "No. 8" of an 8 sheet map which was probably compiled from the reports of La Perouse’s last voyage in the Pacific and is by Jean-Charles Borda." National Library of Australia Digital Collection map-rm3253 Size : 480x940 mm 18.875x37 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: ; Maps Polar Antarctic Regions; Maps Polar Arctic Regions unknown
1788M7032Paris 1788. Very Good;. Notes: An 18th century mapping of the Indian Ocean. This handsome sea chart depicts magnetic needle readings along various routes in the ocean from the Cape of Good Hope le Cap des Aiguilles to the South East Asian archipelago. Size : 511x583 mm 20.12x22.95 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Indian; unknown
1788M6851Paris 1788. Very Good; laid on acid-free canvas for long-term preservation. Notes: This handsome sea chart depicts magnetic needle readings along various routes in the North Pacific ocean.<br> Size : 590x1090 mm 23.23x42.91 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Pacific; Maps United States West; unknown
1785R300111905Imp. Royale. 1785. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 234 pages - 6 planches en noir et blanc hors texte, collationnées. Tranches roses. 2 pièces de titre. Titre, tomaison et motifs dorés. Coiffes très légèrement frottées. 3 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
