London: 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
J. Shurtleff and R. Wauchope New York 1821. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boards detached. Spine perished. 204 pages : numerous illustrations ; 19 cm. Sold with all faults. At least one page torn. J. Shurtleff, and R. Wauchope, New York hardcover
Paris: 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
Paris: 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
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