Paris: 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
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1769-1770 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. Volumes I-V VII VIII and XIII of this thirteen volume 'nouvelle edition' of Buffon's illustrated 'Histoire Naturelle' examining life on Earth. In the original French.Volumes I II III IV V VII VIII and XIII only of a thirteen volume set.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.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 two folding maps and one plate. Collated lacking one plate.Volume III is illustrated with seven plates. Collated complete.Volume IV is illustrated with one plate. Collated complete.Volume VII is illustrated with thirty-three plates. Collated complete.Volume VIII is illustrated with eighteen plates. Collated complete.With the armorial bookplate of Irish philosopher Rev. Francis Hutcheson known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment to front pastedowns. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strips. Head and tail of volumes I V VII and XII joints starting along with front joint of VIII with boards firmly held. Losses of leather to front joint of vols VII and XIII and to front boards of I III and IV. Loss of leather to rear board of vol IV. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type but generally clean and bright. Very Good L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
Paris: 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
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
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