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ref. 41330London: Charles Knight. Margin: 218x135 mm. Foxing remnants of former mounting on reverse of print. Charles Knight unknown books
1779ref. 1416934Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1779. Hardcover. Octavo xv 418 xlvi pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print raised bands. Boards in brown leather; light wear to spine caps and corners leather is dry cracking toned. Text block has red tinted edges marbled endpapers green ribbon marker; slight occasional foxing puckering to paper. Illustrated: b&w plates drawings. Text in French. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416934. FP New Rockville Stock. L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1966ref. RH1249Paris:: Presses Universitaires de France 1966. 1966. Series: Publications de la Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Paris-Sorbonne. Serie «Recherches» tome XXIV. 8vo. 324 pp. Figures appendices bibliography index. Printed wrappers; rubbed. Roger Hahn ownership signature. Presses Universitaires de France, 1966. unknown books
ref. 41329Plate: 179x115 mm. Margin: 227x137 mm. Some foxing slight discoloration in corners some soiling remnants of former mounting on reverse of print. unknown books
1801ref. 41332London: J. Wilkes 1801. Plate: 160x112 mm. Margin: 275x220 mm. Foxing two small holes in left margin remnants of former mounting on reverse of print. J. Wilkes unknown books
ref. 41331Glasgow: William Mackenzie. Margin: 276x182 mm. Very faint finger soiling in bottom right corner otherwise in very good condition. William Mackenzie unknown books
1890ref. 143200New York: Hurst & Co 1890. publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt. 8vo. publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt. ii 290 298 pages. Two volumes in one. Spine faded lacking the rear free endpaper else a near fine copy. Numerous b&w illustrations throughout the text. Hurst & Co unknown books
2010ref. 129494Paris France: Bibliotheque des Introuvables 2010. Hardcover. NF / VG several corners of slipcase show some stress wear flat surfaces show very little wear. Glossy blue paper on board slipcase. 20 unbound leaves printed with 20 color images on art paper plus 8-page stapled pamphlet with 20 small bw illustrations. Text in French. Lovely color illustrations with notes on each illustration in accompanying pamphlet. Bibliotheque des Introuvables hardcover books
1771ref. 1424Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1771. Ephemera no binding. Fine. Jacques DeSÈVE. EPHEMERA MATTED PRINT. C. BAQUOY engraver. 4to plate size; hand-colored copper plate engraving; 7 " X 5 7/8" within the print borders plate line visible; 2 light spots under the title; 14" x 11" custom acid-free archival backing and French matting with hand-applied gilt striping. Fine. From George-Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle générale et particulière 1749-1778 in 36 volumes a fine copper-plate engraving featuring a regal brown and white spotted Mastiff surveying the world from his perch. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1771ref. 1423Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1771. Ephemera no binding. Fine. Jacques DeSÈVE. EPHEMERA MATTED PRINT. Pierre Etienne MOITTE engraver. 4to plate size; hand-colored copper plate engraving; 7 5/8" x 5 7/8" within the print borders plate line visible; 14" x 11" custom acid-free archival backing and French matting with hand-applied gilt striping. Fine. From George-Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon's Histoire naturelle générale et particulière 1749-1778 in 36 volumes a fine copper-plate engraving featuring a Pug dog tail unclipped and curled in a stately pose with a fountain and Roman ruins in the background. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1853ref. 189172Paris: Furne 1853. Hardcover. G Covers have general wear edge/corner damage Spines have some folding. Bookblocks have age toning Interior pages have age toning and foxing. French language text. Decorative cloth boards Black leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering on spine Vol 1 782 pgs. Vol 2 775 pgs. Furne hardcover books
1819ref. 1350038Paris: Chez Chevalier 1819. Hardcover. Octavos two volumes; G; Early black glossy spine with faded gilt lettering and gilt graphic designs; Boards have moderate bumping and wear to corners cracking to gloss finish along hinges of both volumes moderate wear to applied gilt graphics and lettering and light shelfwear overall; Textblocks have light shelfwear to bottom edges light foxing to pages near beginning and end of each volume and light age-toning overall; The ex libris of a former owner appears on the front paste-down of each volume; Illustrated; Volumes III and IV only; CONTENTS: Vol. III. Contains 32 fold-out plates including frontispiece / iii 264 pages 2 -- Vol. IV. Contains 31 fold-out plates including frontispiece / 6 263 pages 2;. 1350038. Special Collections - Downstairs. Chez Chevalier hardcover books
1825ref. 10040Paris: A. Eymery 1825. Hardcover. Good. Octavo Nouvelle edition. Complete 8 volume set of Buffon's BIRDS OISEAUX from the COMPLETE WORKS OF BUFFON. Text in French. Illustrated with copper engravings. Bound in original full leather with two gilt-stamped green leather title labels on the spine decorations stamped in gilt all edges marbled and matching marbled end papers. Wear at extremeties chipped at heads and heels of spines otherwise very good. Occassional foxing throughout text otherwise interior is clean and tight. A. Eymery hardcover books
1792ref. 013725London: Published for C.& G. Kearsley 1792. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Abridged two volume edition and first thus. Contemporary tree calf. marbleized endpapers. Labels on spine partially missing and spines heavily worn. xxxviii 1 353 with plates I - XL. with errata leaf and directions to binder for both volumes; 494 with plates XLI - CVIL. Joints partially revealed but holding. Firm binding. All plates extant. Some episodic spotting. Plates quite nice. Published for C.& G. Kearsley hardcover books
1758ref. 3929Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1758. Hardcover. Good. Five odd volumes of quadrupeds various dates. Quartos. Contemporary leather bindings worn. A profusion of wonderful plates. Uncollated and sold as is. De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1781ref. 1409442London; Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech 1781-1785. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos Nine Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In fine matching tree-calf bindings with elaborate gilt decoration along board edges and spines and gilt roll along the turn-ins; spines with gilt titling on colored morocco labels; with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate shelf wear with small scuffs to covers rubbing along edges and mild bumping to fore corners. Fore corners often show small areas of exposed board. Splitting to joints and hinges of most volumes. Light shallow chipping to heads and tails of spines; heavier on Vol. I with some loss of material. Some rubbing to gilt elements on spines. Text blocks show moderate rubbing and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edges. All volumes moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Some pencil and pen numbering/notation on verso of the front flyleaves; a single mark in most volumes with more notes in Vol. I. CONTENTS: Vol. I 2 iii 2 iv-xxi 3 514 pages plus frontispiece and plates i-ii; Vol. II 4 517 pages plus plates iii-x.; Vol. III iv 4 524 pages plus plates xi-xv1 xv2 xv3-xxiii; Vol. IV vii 352 pages plus plates xxiv-liii1 liii2-lxxvii lxxix lxxviii lxxx-xcix; Vol. V vii 440 pages plus plates c-clxii; Vol. VI 4 443 plus plates clxiii-cxcvii; Vol. VII vii 452 pages plus plates cxcviii-ccxl1 ccxl2 ccxl3-ccli; Vol. VIII v 2 352 pages plus plates cclii-ccxcv; Vol. IX viii 422 2 pages plus plates cccii-cccvii. Shelved in Room A. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. This is an excellent first edition of William Smellie's influential English translation of the Comte de Buffon's monumental work the Histoire Naturelle which was a comprehensive multi-volume treatise on the most current natural science of the time. 1409442. Special Collections - Upstairs. W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech hardcover books
1770ref. 3928Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1770. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes of birds; incomplete but a nice run. Quartos. Contemporary leather bindings worn. A profusion of wonderful plates. Uncollated and sold as is. De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1825ref. 1380658Paris: Menard et Desenne 1825. Hardcover. 12mos Thirty-Six Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in quarter Navy blue leather with navy blue textured paper boards. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing boards light bumping to corners and mild edge and shelf wear. Chipping to head edge of spine of Volumes 1 4 8 and 36. Cracking to front joint of Volume 36. Textblocks have light age toning and foxing to pages and slight brown staining to endpapers and pastedowns. Volume 36 has front gutter completely split and spine only attached at rear gutter. Shelved top right shelf Aisle 10 three volumes on display the rest boxes -DS. 1380658. Special Collections. Menard et Desenne hardcover books
1839ref. 159851Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees 1839. hardcover. very good. 6 volumes. Frontispiece portrait in first volume and small vignettes on all title pages. Profusely illustrated with 121 fine hand-colored plates and maps tissue guards Scattered foxing and some age-browning. Short 4to attractively bound in contemporary brown leather-backed boards with gilt-decorated spines evenly faded to tan; marbled endpapers. Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees 1839. Text in French. A very good set. Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees unknown books
1833ref. 432007New-York: Published by R. Miller. Sold by Collins & Hannay New-York; Carter Hendee & Co. Boston; Grigg & Elliott Philadelphia; and P.N. Wood & Co. Baltimore 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition adapted and edited by John Wright. Volume 1 only of 2. 12mo. pp. i-iii iv 5 6-290. Illustrated with a tiger embossed in gold at the center of the letterpress title page; a Baxter color plate: "Polar Sky"; and 31 engraved plates of quadrupeds numbered 18-91: ranging from the Horse fig. 18 to the Alpine Marmot fig. 91. Bound in contemporary red pebbled-grained half morocco and cloth over boards gold tooling on both boards spine divided into five panels with decorative devices stamped in blind and title lettered in gold plain endpapers edges sprinkled red. Rubbing and a few small abrasions to the edges of the boards about near fine with some toning and light scattered foxing. A handsome copy of this classic compendium of natural history featuring a remarkable large lion printed in gold on the title page a beautiful Baxter plate "printed in oil colours" and fine copper plate engravings of quadrupeds. From the collection of Kenneth G. Leach with his typed description laid in. Checklist American Imprints 18005. Published by R. Miller. Sold by Collins & Hannay, New-York; Carter, Hendee & Co., Boston; Grigg & Elliott, Philadelphia; and P.N hardcover books
1939ref. 518125Paris: Les Freres Gonin 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition by this publisher. Folio. French-folded printed portfolio. 67 unbound pages laid into portfolio as issued. Illustrated profusely with engraved text vignettes decorative initials and six striking full-page engraved plates by Demetrius Emmanuel Galanis including an extra engraved title page. Text in French. A very fine copy in publisher's vellum-backed chemise and incomplete paper-covered slipcase. Limited to 225 numbered copies initialed by the printer in pencil as issued. An elusive publication. OCLC locates three holdings including a single American holding at the Library of Congress. Les Freres Gonin hardcover books
1783ref. 46110Paris: 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 books
1803ref. 71345Paris: De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet 1803. Nouvelle Édition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Twenty-fourmo 13.5 cm Contemporary 3/4 brown leather with speckled paper over boards. Pale red and green gilt stamped leather spine labels. Six gilt ruled compartments on the spines. Illustrated plates the majority with tissue-guards. This specific set has a frontispiece portrait of Buffon 781 illustrated plates and 5 folding tables the exact number of plates found in each volume is available upon request. Text in French. Extremities very lightly rubbed and soiled. A couple of boards with small red stains. Spines sporadically mottled. Occasional minor chipping to spine ends and a handful of spine labels with loss. Underlying boards peeking through at corners. Endpapers have a previous owner's red ink stamps a small faint ink stamp in black and minute contemporary numerical notations. Stitching visible in gutters here and there. Pp. 125-130 volume 12 are partially detached. Pp. 29-32 volume 44 and pp. 93-96 volume 77 are completely detached but present. Skillful repair to fore-edge margin of p. 169 volume 59. Pages bound out of sequence in volume 59 between p. 136 and p. 185. Periodic printing errors occur in the set's pagination. In a handful of plates the sky in the background appears stained and there is a bit of red staining to plate at p. 258 in volume 70. Two reptile illustrations in volume 42 are a trifle trimmed at the head. Additional Collation Notes: Curiously volumes 56-65 are the only volumes in which the plates are numbered. In volume 58 I believe plate 15 is mislabeled as 13 and it is found between plates 23 and 24. The books are very structurally sound and the pages are strikingly clean and bright. Contents: Théorie de la Terre. Époques de la Nature; Discours Généraux; Quadrupèdes; Oiseaux; Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux; Histoire Naturelle des Poissons; Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles; Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles; Histoire Naturelle des Vers; Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés; Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. An edition published posthumously of Buffon's most famous work. Buffon's Histoire Naturelle was continued in part by others after his death. It was translated into various languages and read throughout Europe. French naturalist George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon 1707-1788 Comte de Buffon is viewed as the most influential biologist of the 18th century epitomizing the revolutionary changes the Enlightenment brought to the study of nature. The title of Count was bestowed on him by Louis XV in recognition of his accomplishments rather than by birth. He is most famous for Histoire Naturelle a comprehensive work on natural history first begun in 1749. De Buffon began his studies at the College of Godrans in Dijon where he was only an average student. Originally his father wanted him to have a legal career however in 1728 he went to Angers where he studied medicine botany and mathematics. In 1739 he was appointed keeper of the Jardin du Roi the royal botanical garden now the Jardin des Plantes and of the accompanying museum. There he was tasked with creating a catalog of the royal collections in natural history which he transformed into an undertaking to produce a record of the whole of nature. This became his monumental work Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière which was the first modern effort to methodically present all existing knowledge in the subjects of natural history geology and anthropology in one publication. Buffon's ideas challenged traditional biological classification and introduced theories of evolutionary thought roughly one hundred years before Darwin. Comte de Buffon is also remembered for his argument that the world had a lengthy history rather than being only a few thousand years old as the naturalists of the 1600s believed. In addition he felt that scientific writing should be energetic and graceful in style thereby allowing his work to be accessible to a wide audience in Europe and beyond. Buffon's work articulated that species were different throughout the world that the planet was much older than the Bible suggested and that plant and animal species were related in intricate ways. Buffon's bold way of looking at the world laid the groundwork for later revolutionary thinkers who are responsible for much of what we know about the natural world. An attractive set of a pivotal work of the Enlightenment richly illustrated with numerous hand-colored plates. De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet unknown books
