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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
1774F8M97DYNZ8OAParis 1774. 4to. Imprimerie Royale 1774-1782 vols. 1-6; Dordrecht A. Blussé and son Contemporary mottled calf gold-tooled spine and board edges vols. 1-6 uniform 19th-century half calf shell marbled sides gold-tooled spine vol. 7. With an illustration vignette or ornament on each title-page woodcut for vols. 1-6 engraving for vol. 7 5 engraved headpieces 2 folding engraved maps "Carte de la chaine des montagnes de Langres" and "Carte des deux regions polaires" 218 plates full-page and folding and including 2 bis all engraved some arithmetic calculations and tables in text woodcut head- and tailpieces. 7 volumes. The complete supplements to Buffon's famous Histoire naturelle with the first 6 volumes in the first edition and the last volume in the new edition published in Amsterdam and Dordrecht the only quarto edition to rival the original French Imprimerie Royale edition.Supplements I II and V contain additions and corrections to Buffon's essay "Théorie de la terre" in which he'' He extrapolated the results of his experiments . . . in order to calculate the time required for the cooling of the earth and other planets'' DSB. Additionally he provides introductions to the history of mineral resources and vegetation in the first and second supplement volumes respectively . The Époques de la nature Supplément V presents a plutonian history of the earth. "This work is of considerable interest because it offers a history of nature combining geology with biology and particularly because of Buffon's attempt to establish a universal chronology'' DSB. It also contains a great deal of mineralogical material he elaborated on in his Histoire naturelle des mineraux. Other volumes contain additions to the quadrupeds and human species section The bindings show some scratches and minor wear but are structurally sound volume 5 with a few water stains in blank corners and on the polar region map. The complete Suppléments to Buffon's masterpiece in very good condition.l Bertin et al. Buffon Paris 1952 especially p. 235; DSB II pp. 576-581; Nissen ZBI 672 678; PMM 198. unknown
55079Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1749-1786. FIRST EDITION. 34 vols. 4to. 25.25 x 19.5 cm. Uniformly bound in contemporary marbled calf spines richly gilt in compartments with fleur-de-lis motifs titles to two dark red morocco labels gilt raised bands royal arms of King Louis XV stamped in gilt to upper and lower covers his monogram gilt to each spine panel triple fillet to upper and lower covers gilt inner dentelles gilt original red ribbon page markers red speckled edges marbled endpapers. Complete with 980 full-page engraved plates of which 9 are folding including frontispiece of Buffon 4 folding maps and 1 folding chart. Numerous inter-textual tables engravings and cul-de-lampes throughout. In the Histoire Naturelle plate 14 is misbound in the third volume plates 5 and 6 are swapped in the fifth volume plates 13 and 14 are swapped in the tenth volume and two plates are numbered 46 in the twelfth volume one of which is entitled 46 bis. In the Supplément two plates are numbered 18 in the third volume one of which is entitled 18 bis and plate 41 is misbound in the sixth volume. Ex libris Robinet Fils with his armorial bookplate variably to front and back pastedowns sometimes removed and his old ownership stamp variably to front and back endpapers. A very handsome set. THE COMPLETE RUN OF VOLUMES PUBLISHED AT THE IMPRIMERIE ROYALE FOR WHICH BUFFON WAS EDITOR. This set which comprises 24 volumes of the Histoire Naturelle 6 volumes of the Supplément and 4 volumes of the Mineraux represents the complete run of volumes published at the Imprimerie Royale and for which Buffon acted as editor. Two additional volumes sometimes present are lacking here. They are the fifth and final volume of the Mineraux otherwise known as the Traité de l'aimant published at the Impremerie des Batiments du Roi rather than the Impremerie Royale in 1788 and the seventh and final volume of the Supplément published in 1789 after Buffon's death. After Buffon's death work was carried on by Bernard Germain de Lacépède who published 8 further volumes on egg-laying quadrupeds snakes fishes and cetaceans between 1788 and 1804. The last set to pass through our hands included these 10 additional volumes bound slightly differently - due to the publishing span - to the 34 original volumes such as those offered here. Buffon "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 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" DSB. The "most celebrated treatise on animals ever produced" Dinber also represents the birth of evolutionary theory. "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 from a small number of primordial types; this is an evolution predominantly from more perfect to less perfect forms" Parkinson. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1786. hardcover
NATW3141A Paris A La Libairie Stereotype De P. Didot L'Aine.Et Firmin Didot An VII. - 1799. 278 S. mit 28 Taf. 1 nn. Bl. mit verschlungenem Monogramm am Titelblatt P. D. Marmorierter heller Lederband d. Zeit Rückenschildchen u. Rückenverzierung sowie Zierrahmen d. Einbanddeckel goldgeprägt Vorsatz und Buchschnitt blau marmoriert Ecken u. Kanten bestoßen beschabt Rückenverzierung abgerieben Rücken vom Buchblock gelöst u. eingerissen Einbanddeckel gelockert Vorsätze leimschattig. Vorsatz u. mehrere Seiten etwas wasserrandig Seiten sonst durchgehend leicht gebräunt u. teilw. braunfleckig. Mit kleinem runden Papierschildchen mit Monogramm B S am vorderen Innendeckel. Warfare and the age of printing 1488. Querard 1558 - sechstes Bändchen der Stereotypausgabe der vierzehnbändigen die 'Vierfüßer' umfassenden Abteilung dieser dem Zoologen Etienne de Lacepede 1756-1825 gewidmeten 'Histoire Naturelle' des französischen Naturforschers Buffon 1707-1788 von welcher Lacepede auch die letzten Bände verfasst hatte. Die zahlreichen Tafeln zeigen die bekannten Tierabbildungen zu Buffons Werk nach Entwürfen des Illustrators Jean Louis Charles Pauquet 1759-1824. A Paris, A La Libairie Stereotype De P. Didot L'Aine...Et Firmin Didot An VII. - 1799. unknown
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94743Köln Edition Komet 2009. . Text englisch deutsch französisch und niederländisch. - Die Erde - Der Mensch - Die Vierbeiner - Die Vögel - Die oviparen Vierbeiner - Die Schlangen - Fische und Meeressäugetiere - Insekten - Die Würmer - Die Pflanzen Botanik. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar Köln, Edition Komet, ( 2009). unknown
1766ABC_47564Dordrecht: Abraham Blussé 1766. Contemporary uniform half tanned sheepskin sewn on 5 supports gold-tooled spines each volume with author subject and part number on 2 green spine labels in the 2nd and 3rd of 6 compartments paste-paper sides. Large 4to. With more than 1100 hand-coloured engraved plates 10 maps 1 folding engraved table and an engraved portrait of Buffon by Houbraken with an extra-added plain portrait pasted on the verso. 38 parts in 21 volumes. Including:Volume 1: tome 1: Théorie de la Terre 2 plates tome 2: Histoire générale des animaux 8 plates tome 3: Histoire naturelle de l'homme 18 plates. Volume 2: tomes 4 & 5: Les Quadrupèdes 23 and 60 plates and an engraved table of dogs. Volume 3: tomes 6 & 7: Les Quadrupèdes 49 and 48 plates Volume 4: tomes 8 & 9: Les Quadrupèdes 54 and 41 plates.Volume 5: tomes 10 & 11: Les Quadrupèdes 57 and 45 plates.Volume 6: tomes 12 & 13: Les Quadrupèdes 60 and 62 plates.Volume 7: tomes 14 & 15: Les Quadrupèdes 60 and 16 plates.Volume 8: Supplément tomes I - II 17 plates.Volume 9: Supplément à l'histoire de l'homme et aux animaux quadrupèdes - tomes III-IV 6 and 67 plates.Volume 10: Supplément les époques de la natures - tomes V-VI 46 and 6 plates 10 maps.Volume 11: Supplément tome VII 74 plates Volume 12: Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux nouvelle édition tome 1: 29 platesVolume 13: Oiseaux: tomes 2 & 3: 27 & 31 platesVolume 14: Oiseaux: tomes 4 & 5: 28 & 22 platesVolume 15: Oiseaux: tomes 6 & 7: 25 & 31 platesVolume 16: Oiseaux: tomes 8 & 9: 39 & 31 plates. Volume 17: Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux nouvelle édition tomes 1 & 2; Volume 18: Minéraux: tomes 3 & 4; Volume 19: Minéraux: tome 5 traité de l'aimant et de ses usages.Volume 20: Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens nouvelle édition tome 1: 41 platesVolume 21: Quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens: tome 2: 22 plates Finely hand-coloured copy of the 1766-1799 Netherlands edition in French of Buffon's justly famous Histoire naturelle the complete first series covering the formation of the earth humans mammalian quadrupeds and apes reptiles and amphibians birds fishes and even minerals also describing the royal collection of Louis XV. Buffon's work presents ''for the first time a complete survey of natural history in popular form'' PMM. The present set in the works rarest and most expensive form is exquisite. The subscription notices periodically mention copies printed on fine paper but they do not mention hand-coloured copies. Landwehr discussing the first Dutch-language edition no. 46 by the same publisher cites contemporary sources referring to four forms of publication: on regular paper on large paper with hand-coloured plates and most expensive of all with hand-coloured plates and vignettes.Buffon opens the first volume with an essay called "Théorie de la terre" where "for the first time he outlines a satisfactory account of the history of our globe and of its development as a fitting home for living things. In his view the earth had been originally part of the sun which was broken off by the impact of a comet. It gradually condensed from its gaseous state and the forces shaping its continents and mountains are still active'' PMM. From his exhaustive research for the Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes Buffon came to the conclusion that it was necessary to reintroduce the notion of family. Breaking with the spirit of his time Buffon attempted to separate science from metaphysical and religious ideas. As a disciple of Locke he denied idealistic metaphysics stating that mental abstractions can never become principles of either existence or real knowledge; these can come only as the results of sensation'' DSB.Buffon did not believe in the fixity of species but proposed that nature is constantly changing. For instance in the case of quadrupeds he stated that there were 38 basic types that degenerated over the centuries. According to Buffon the monkey is a degenerated man the ass a degenerated horse. His interest in the precise connection between groups of animals that are obviously related prompted Buffon to devote much attention to comparative anatomy in the Histoire naturelle. He also stressed the importance of the study of earth sciences for botany and zoology. "Life and animation instead of being a metaphysical point in being is a physical property of matter" DSB. Buffon's views on the origin and development of species and the history of the earth show how he tried to describe natural phenomena by means of science discarding metaphysical and religious explanations. "He was the first to create an autonomous science free of any theological influence . and established the intellectual framework within which most naturalists up to Darwin worked" DSB.Buffon was assisted by the anatomist Louis Daubenton and others and the final volumes were completed after his death under the direction of Comte de Lacépède.With the owners name Sir George. Murray 1772-1846 on the half-title of most volumes. He was a Scottish soldier from a noble family who served in Flanders the West Indies Egypt and elsewhere eventually becoming quarter master general of Wellingtons staff in Spain and Portugal and reaching the rank of General. He was Knighted in 1813 held governorships of several colonies and the military college at Sandhurst along with leading posts at the Colonial Office where he helped establish the colony of Western Australia and served from 1823 as a member of the British parliament. With the bookplate of the German entrepreneur and bibliophile Hans Dedi 1918-2016. Lacking a few half-titles for example in the bird volumes 1 and 2 but otherwise in very good condition most of the plates fine with occasional stains and spots a few tears and repairs the binding also with some minor wear and repairs. A splendid copy of a seminal monument of natural history.l Landwehr Coloured plates 45 and 46 Dutch ed.; Nissen ZBI 678. Abraham Blussé, unknown
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51-3441Paris: de l'imprimerie royale 1755. 4to. Old calf. 4 311 1 pp. 52 plates of animals. Ill. d'une table de l'ordre des chiens et de 52 planches. Galerie de vers marg. Rel. de l'époque en veau marbré usé dos doré coins et coiffes usés gardes marbrées tranches rougesL'étude détaillée de différents animaux brebis chèvre cochon chien bélier présentés vivants puis disséqués avec insistance sur les divers organes de reproduction et leur squelette. Réf. Nissen ZBI 6 Paris: de l'imprimerie royale, 1755 unknown
178346110Paris: De L'imprimerie Royale 1783. First separate edition 9 volumes complete with 262 engraved plates by De Seve; 4to marbled endpapers title-page engravings and illustrations in the text; extremities rubbed and worn some hinges weak with joints starting v. 1 missing spine labels approx. half of v. 9 spine is perished interior very good and sound plates are mostly fine and bright; overall a good set in full contemporary mottled calf with triple gilt rules on covers insignia stamped in blind on covers excluding v. 6 & 9 all edges marbled gilt-decorated spines red morocco labels lettered in gilt. As noted in Sitwell a new set of 262 uncolored plates were made for this separate edition of the bird volumes the plates in the first edition of Histoire Naturelle Generale were by Francois Nicolas Martinet. Sitwell p. 83; Nissen 158; Wood p. 262; Brunet p.1376 Ebert 3131. De L'imprimerie Royale unknown
1941Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1770-1785. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Eighteen volumes. I: vi xxxvi 352pp.; II: vi 351pp.; III: viii 417pp.; IV: viii 405pp.; V: xxiii 456pp.; VI: xii 246 clxxvii ipp.; VII: xii 430pp.; VIII: 418 xlvipp.; xv IX: xii 472pp.; X: xiv 316 xlvipp.; XI: xx 495pp.; XII: xii 482 ipp.; XIII: xix 446pp.; XIV: xii 360 lxxiipp.; XV: xvi 439pp.; XVI: viii 326 cliipp.; XVII: viii 484pp.; XVIII: iv 135 i xlvi 486pp. I: 3 a122 b6 A12-O12 P8; II: 3 A12-O12 P8; III: 4 A12-R12 S6 - S6 blank; IV: 4 A12-R12 - R12 blank; V: 12 - 1 and 2 blank and half-title A12-T12; VI: 6 A12-L12 a12-f12 g8; VII: a6 A12-S12 - S12 blank; VIII: a8 A12-T12 V4; IX: 2 a4 A12-T12 V8; X: a8 a8 blank A12-P12 Q2 Q2 blank; XI: 10 A12-U12 X8; XII: 6 A12-U12 X2; XIII: 4 a6 A12-S12 T8 T8 blank; XIV: a6 A12-R12 S10; XV: a8 A12-S12 T4; XVI: 2 a2 A12-V12 V12 blank; XVII: 4 A12-V12 X2; XVIII: 2 A12-Z12 Aa12-Dd12 Ee10. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Margin of last page of volume 13 missing a small piece without affecting any text. With 264 plates. The plates are after De Sève and depict the birds in their natural surroundings including nice architectural design. Anker 75; Ronsil 413; Nissen IVB 160. A very good set. <br/> <br/> Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1785. hardcover
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$A26632.- París. 1753. L Imprimerie Royale. 8º menor. 1 tomo. 235 pgs. Con 12 grabados fuera de texto relativos al asno y al toro. Plena piel tejuelo lomera cuajada. Imperfecciones y faltas extremos lomera y puntas. Aceptable estado. . . Ciencias Naturales / Naturaleza / Biología unknown
177657023De L'Imprimerie Royale Paris. Very Good. 1776. Reprint. Hardcover. French-language text. Full calfskin five raised spine bands. Red stain to full textblock. Multicolored marbled endpapers. Boards very lightly bowed. Binding intact. Two blank endpapers before title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages . De L'Imprimerie Royale, Paris hardcover
178045860A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale M. DCCLXXX 1780.- TOMO 11 XX495 p: Ilustrado bellamente con 15 finos grabados al cobre taille-douce a toda plana; 8º 173 x 105 cm; Buena impresión sobre papel verjurado; Cinta para guÃa de lectura; Sign. 10 A11 B-U12 X8; Texto en francés; Enc. en Plena Piel época Lomo dorado cortes marbreados.- Histoire Naturelle Générale et Parrticulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Tome Onzième. Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux.- Salvo unas leves marcas de oxidación en los márgenes superior e inferior de las 3 primeras hojas el libro presenta un excelente aspecto con el papel fuerte y blanco y los grabados impecables.- CONTIENE LAS SIGUIENTES ESPECIES DE PAJAROS: L'oiseau-mouche Le Colibri Le Perroquet Perroquets de l'ancien continent Les Kakatoes Les Perroquets proprement dits Les Loris Les Loris-perruches Perruches de l'ancien continent Perruches à queue longue et également étagée Perruches à queue longe et inégale de l'ancien continent Les Perruches à courte queue de l'ancien continent Perroquets du nouveau continent Les Aras Les Amazones et les Criks Les Perroquets-Amazones Les Criks Les Papagais Les Perriches Perriches du nouveau continent Perriches à longue queue et également étagée Perriches à queue longue et inégalement etagée Les Touis ou Perriches à queue courte Les Couroucous ou Couroucoais Le Couroucoucou Le Touraco. TODOS ESTOS PAJAROS por M. de Buffon / Le Coucou: Variétés du Coucou par M. de Montbeillard. INTERESANTE TOMO EN EL QUE SE DESCRIBEN LA MAYOR PARTE DE LAS ESPECIES DEL TIPO PSITACIFORMES loros periquitos cacatúas guacamayos etc. y los cucos al final. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Livre en français De l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1789018636Lausanne: J. P. Heubach & Comp. 1789. Book. NVG. Hardcover. Later Printing. Book is 3/4 leather with two pages having small creases light toning modest cover wear thus nearly very good. All 9 plates of fowl are present. . J. P. Heubach & Comp. Hardcover
178318025Paris: L'Impremerie Royale. Near Fine. 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume one only. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 438 pages . L'Impremerie Royale hardcover
1798017909<p>Paris: Dufart VII-XIII 1798-1805. .nouvelle edition accompagnée de notes et dans laquelle les supplémens sont insérés dans le premier texte à la place qui leur convient. L'on y a ajouté l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes et des oiseaux découverts depuis la mort de Buffon celle des reptiles des poissons des insectes et des vers; enfin l'histoire des plantes dont se grand naturaliste n'a pas eu le tems de s'occuper. Ouvrage formant un cours complet d'Histoire naturelle redigé par C.S. Sonnini. 127 volumi 125x20 cm in bella legatura coeva in piena pelle marmorizzata cornice dorata ai piatti dorso liscio ornato e dorato con doppio tassello di titolo e tomagione. --Un volume con rilegatura rifatta a imitazione alcune cuffie mancanti o altri segni d'uso e del tempo ai margini e agli angoli. Risguardie marmorizzate testimoni. Set completo di questa famosa edizione con 1113 tavole quasi tutte colorate a mano e carte geografiche più circa 30 schemi di classificazione e tabelle. Qualche brunitura a macchia o fioriture ma bell'insieme di questa monumentale riedizione e aggiornamento dell'opera di Buffon. L'opera è così divisa: Théorie de la terre 3 tomes; Epoques de la Nature 1 tome; Histoire des Minéraux 12 tomes; Des Animaux 1 tome; De l'Homme 4 tomes; Quadrupèdes 13 tomes; des Singes 2 tomes;; des Oiseaux 28 tomes; Crustacés et Insectes 14 tomes; Mollusques 6 tomes; Reptiles 8 tomes; Plantes 18 tomes; Poissons 14 tomes; Tables analytiques 3 tomes. Non tutte le tavole sono numerate e a volte non sono in sequenza ma corrispondono al testo.Oltre al testo "classico" di Buffon sono assai importanti le integrazioni sulla base delle nuove scoperte scientifiche. Rettili e anfibi sono opera del Dudin con 100 tavole; i molluschi sono di Denis de Monfort con 72 tavole; uccelli e pesci sono sviluppati dal Sonnini; gli insetti da Latrelle. In sostanza i migliori studiosi degli anni a cavallo tra 7 e 8cento furono partecipi dell'opera rara da trovare così completa e in belle condizioni esterne.</p> Dufart
