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2016réf. 125524Rizzoli. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 0847849570 . Rizzoli hardcover
2011réf. 94628Harper Design. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- INCLUDES DVD. 288 pages; 370 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; This lovely book showcases the delicate copper engravings of birds created by Georges-Louis Leclerc Compte de Buffon 1707-88 for his masterpiece work Histoire naturelle gÉnÉrale et particuliÈre. The glorious birds captured within are original reproductions of Leclerc's art which depicts the vibrant hues of the birds' feathers the varying length of their wings and their wide eyed expressions as they stand perched always alert for symbols of danger or other forms of life that might serve as their next meal. Leclerc's original text from Histoire naturelle is also faithfully reproduced to provide descriptive information on the birds such as their living locations and their unique physical characteristics. To bring this lovely book into the 21st century the paperback format and low price make this rare and significant volume accessible and affordable. A DVD is also included with images of the birds to be used by readers at their discretion. . 2011. 0062039563 . Harper Design paperback
réf. 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. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1785. hardcover
1853réf. 800540Paris: Garnier Frères 1853 !. leather_bound. Gut. Zusammen ca. 7800 Seiten. Original-Halbleder auf vier falschen Bünden mit Rückenvergoldung. 4°. Ecken und Kanten bestoßen Rückenkanten teilweise mit kleinen Läsuren innen teilweise stockfleckig aber wenig gelesen teils unaufgeschnitten im Ganzen ordentlich erhaltene Exemplare. Sowohl Außen wie Innen ein dekoratives und repräsentatives Werk das zu Lebzeiten Buffons_als "Histoire Naturelle" herausgegeben wurde. Besonderen Wert legten Verfasser und Herausgeber auf die Naturgeschichte der Vögel die hervorragend illustriert wurde. - Band 1: Théorie de la_Terre; Histoire générale des Animaux 2 Stahlstiche 5 Lithographien - Bd. 2: L'Homme; Les Quadrupèdes 26 Lithos - Bd. 3: Les Quadrupèdes 30 Lithos - Bd. 4: Les Singes; Additions aux Quadrupèdes 22 Lithos - Bände 5-8: Les Oiseaux 18 16 17 17 Lithos - Bd. 9: Introduction aux Minéraux; Époques de la Nature 6 Lithos - Bd. 10-11: Les Minéraux - Bd. 12: Expériences sur les Végétaux Arithmétique morale et Tables analytiques et Raisonnées des Matières contenues dans l'Ouvrage entier. - Die drei laut Tafelverzeichnis fehlenden Lithographien wurden offenbar gar nicht erst eingebunden. Der Widerspruch zwischen der Datierung des Vorworts 1855 und der Titelei des ersten Bandes 1853 der einzigen mit einer Jahresangabe war von uns nicht aufzuklären. Ein Hinweis auf eine zweite Auflage ist nicht zu finden möglicherweise handelt es sich aber um eine Titelauflage. - Nissen ZBI 704. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 12.10.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 10/12/2026. Garnier Frères hardcover
1833réf. 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
1785réf. SET48-H-1London: W Strahan and T Cadell 1785. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. Nine volumes of this popular of natural history. Scarce in this particular translation especially in this complete state. A very good early translation of this classic work in a lovely original binding. Some hinges needing attention but still great to see in this binding. Clean and bright internally. Natural History General and Particular discusses several differing species in the animal kingdom from Apes to the Hippopotamus. Volume IX is a corrections and additions volume providing lots of further information. There are 307 illustrated plates across all volumes conveying numerous animals such as dogs cats and elephants. Collated complete with all plates. Comte de Buffon was a French author and his natural history was originally published from 1749-1804. It spanned to an encyclopedic collection of 36 quartos. This English translation was published prior to the to completion of this work. The work ended up being limited to the animal and mineral kingdoms. This translation has numerous notes and observations by William Smellie a Scottish encyclopedist and naturalist. The Second Edition of this translation. In full tree calf bindings. Externally generally smart with patches of rubbing to the spines joints and extremities. Split to the front joint of volume I. Front hinge to volume I is tender with cords showing. Small loss to the head of spine to volume I. Rear joint to volume I is starting but firm with the hinge tender. Hinges to volume II are starting but firm. Front joint and hinge to volume III have failed and board is detached. Front endpaper has also detached. Rear joint and hinge to vol III is weak and may detach with further handling. Loss to the head and tail of spine to vol IV. Front joint and hinge to volume V are tender with cords showing. Rear joint to vol V is starting but firm with the hinge slightly strained but firm. Front joint and hinge to volume VI are strained. Loss to the head and tail of spine to volume VI also. Both joints and hinges to volume VII are tender with cords showing. Loss to the head of spine and joints to volume VIII. Front joint and hinge to volume VIII are strained but firm. Front hinge and joint to volume IX are weak and held by one cord only. May detach with further handling. Small crack to head of rear joint to vol IX resulting in the hinge being strained but firm. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown with the monogram C R. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with som instances of light scattered spots. Good W Strahan and T Cadell hardcover
1774réf. F8M97DYNZ8OAParis 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. NATURAL HISTORY / Zoology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Earth Sciences Faunas & General Zoology Geology Mammals Mineralogy & Gems Science unknown
1799réf. F8MF8IL5AXUJDordrecht 1799. 4to. A. Blussé and son 19th-century uniform half calf sewn on 4 recessed cords shell marbled sides gold-tooled spines each with a red and a black morocco label. Each volume with the same woodcut vase of flowers 2 engraved headpieces 63 engraved plates some tables in text. 2 volumes. 10 276 2; 14 "280" = 284 pp. The reptile and amphibian section of Buffon's monumental work on the general and particular natural history. Many species frogs snakes lizards salamanders turtles etc. are depicted in their natural habitat. The work is here in the new edition published at Amsterdam and Dordrecht the only quarto edition to rival the original French Imprimerie Royale edition. The last 2 leaves in vol. 1 give a list of the plates for both volumes.Georges Louis Leclerc 1707-1788 -- in 1717 his father became Comte de Buffon and Louis XV later made Georges Comte de Buffon -- was an inconspicuous student who only showed a special talent for mathematics. Initially he combined a career in finance with one in science translating important works by Hales and Newton into French. In 1739 Buffon became director of the Jardin du Roi later the Jardin des Plantes and the Histoire naturelle may have originated as a description of the royal collection. It appeared from 1749 to 1804 and eventually comprised 44 volumes. Buffon was assisted among others by the anatomist Louis Daubenton and the final volumes were completed after his death under the direction of Comte de Lacépède.From the Stedelijk Gymnasium Bibliotheek with its stamp on title-pages and a few flyleaves. The present series on reptiles and amphibians had been followed rather than preceded by the series on minerals so that the bindings are numbered 25 and 26. Bindings show some wear and abrasions.l Landwehr Coloured plates 45; Nissen ZBI 678; Schuh's Biobliography of mineralogy online ed. Buffon no. 4. NATURAL HISTORY / Zoology Amphibians & Reptiles Faunas & General Zoology unknown
réf. 39312London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New edition 20 vols. complete 8vo 209 x 128 mm engraved frontispiece portrait 2 folding maps and 678 engraved plates occasional single spot light browning or offsetting but generally very clean contemporary mottled calf gilt flat spines tooled with green and black gilt morocco lettering labels a few joints neatly refurbished an attractive set with a distinguished provenance. Provenance: John Scott 1st Earl of Eldon 1751-1838 circular bookplate and ink name "Eldon" on front free endpapers of each volume. Eldon served twice as Lord Chancellor in this role being responsible for refusing the poet Shelley custody of his children. Shelley immortalised his nemesis in his poem "The Masque of Anarchy" with the lines "Next came Fraud and he had on/Like Eldon an ermined gown". London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 unknown
1939réf. 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
1783réf. 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
1812réf. 308099London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. New edition. Hardcover. All 20 volumes Good in board. Light shelfwear and rubbing on spine of all 20 volumes. Light foxing throught text blocks of all 20 volumes. Small open tears on panel corners of all 20 volumes. Light edgewear on panel side edges of all 20 volumes. Light rubbing on front and rear panels of all 20 volumes. Front hinge starting on volume 2 4. Open tears on top and bottom front and rear gutters of volume 3 6 7 8 13 16 17 and 18. Small open tears on rear panel of volume 4. Chipping on spine crown of volumes 5 8 910 11 17 19 and 20. Rear hinge on volume 20 cracked. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
1770réf. 878P19Paris: 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
1735réf. 74286Paris & Genève Geneva: Chez Debure l'aînéChez les héritiers Cramer et Frères Philibert 1735. Fine. Chez Debure l'aîné Chez les héritiers Cramer et Frères Philibert Paris & Genève Geneva 1735 et 1744 19 x 25 cm 2 ouvrages reliés en un volume First edition of the French translation of these two texts by Stephen Hales. The translation of the first work originally entitled Vegetable Staticks published in 1727 is the first text published by Buffon. The translation of the second work originally issued under the title Haemastaticks in 1733 is by François Boissier de Sauvages. Our copy is complete with its 20 engraved figures on 10 folding plates for the first text and its folding plate at the end for the second. Contemporary full speckled blond sheep spine in five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments rolls and fleurons with a havana morocco title label marbled endpapers all edges speckled red. Headcap and two corners skilfully restored. A few leaves slightly browned. Rare French first editions of these two texts by Hales founder of modern experimental physiology. The Statique des végétaux describes one hundred and twenty-four experiments on plant physiology. Buffon precedes it with an important préface du traducteur in which he praises not only Hales Je ne connais rien de mieux dans son genre et le genre par lui-même est excellent. but above all scientific experiment emblematic of the emergence of modern science: Amassons-donc toujours des expériences et éloignons nous s'il est possible de tout esprit de système du moins jusqu'à ce que nous soyons instruits . c'est cette méthode que mon auteur a suivie ; c'est celle du grand Newton ; c'est celle que Messieurs de Verulam Galilée Boyle Sthall Stahl ont recommandée et embrassée c'est celle que l'Académie des Sciences s'est fait une loi d'adopter . The plates executed with great finesse depict the machines devised notably his famous water apparatus and the processes used by Hales to demonstrate the circulation of sap and the production of gases in the plants he studied. The second treatise following the research of William Harvey and Marcello Malpighi deals with blood circulation. It is in this work that Hales recounts his experiment on arterial pressure using one of his inventions a precursor of the sphygmomanometer. Chez Debure l'aînéChez les héritiers Cramer et Frères Philibert hardcover
1812réf. 032746London : T Cadell and W Davies; R C and J Rivington; et al 1812 A very good set of this 20 volume edition with black and white frontispiece 2 folding maps and 681 hand coloured plates. With an account of Buffon's life by William Wood. It is rare to find this set with hand colouring. In contemporary full speckled calf bindings that have been rebacked to provide new spines with gilt-lined raised bands and title and volume labels. The original boards have scuffing and pitting and there is light wear at edges and corners but the bindings are in very good clean condition. Endpapers are marbled and some of the front pastedowns have a scuffed area indicating the removal of bookplates. 2 of the volumes have the armorial bookplate of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel Bart who was Prime Minister 1834-5. and 1841-6 and is viewed as the founder of the modern British police force. The contents are in very good condition with occasional light spotting generally at the top margin and offsetting from the plates. The occasional plate and text page is toned. All the volumes have 2 initial and final blanks a half title and title contents listings and directions to the binder. All have the original page marker torn in one volume. In this set Vol VI has 2 plates numbered 152 and 2 numbered 158 with different animals; Vol VII lacks one plate 211 and Vol VIII lacks plate 252 but has 2 numbered 254 different animals. Detailed contents: Vol I: preface by translator and life of Buffon pp lv; text 496pp; 2 folding hand coloured maps. Vol II: text 592pp; 13 plates of which 6 are folding. There is a small hole in text p 443. Vol III: text 567 pp; 1 plate. Vol IV: text 419 pp including folding chart of dogs; 48 plates. Vol V: text 378 pp; 63 plates. Vol VI: text 439pp; 67 plates. Vol VII: 477 pp; 49 plates of which 2 are folding. Vol VIII: 400 pp; 49 plates. Vol IX: 406pp; 56 plates. Vol X: text 288 pp; appendix with half title to p396; index 44 pp; 69 plates. Vol XI: first volume of Birdspreface by translator pp xvi; text 435 pp; notes by translator to p 444; 29 plates 29 is misprinted 39 on directions to binder. Vol XII: text 518 pp; 27 plates - plate numbering not in sequence. p 305 has lost the bottom corner tip. Vol XIII: 496pp; 27 plates. Vol XIV: 464 pp; 22 plates. Vol XV: 468 pp; 22 plates. Vol XVI: 494 pp; 15 plates. Vol XVII: 574 pp; 19 plates. Vol VXIII: 567 pp; 31 plates. Vol XIX: 514 pp; 40 plates. Vol XX: text 1-390; appendix by translator to p 515; index 88 pp; 34 plates. T Cadell and W Davies; R C and J Rivington; et al hardcover
1811réf. 422263ª Ed. Española.- Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando 1802-1811.- 22 VOLS. 314 p. 1 h. un retrato del autor / 343 p. / 310 p. 1 h. / 335 p. / 312 p. 5 láminas / 310 p. 5 láminas / 312 p. 6 láminas / 286 p. 8 láminas / 300 p. 6 láminas / 310 p. 7 láminas / 300 p. 6 láminas / 321 p. 7 láminas / 309 p. 3 láminas / 279 p. 3 láminas / 205 p. 4 láminas / 312 p. 10 láminas / 310 p. 1 lámina / 309 p. 5 láminas / 312 p. 4 láminas / 311 p. 4 láminas / 312 p. 2 láminas / 348 p. 4 láminas: En total contiene 91 láminas grabadas al cobre incluso el retrato de Buffon; 8º minúsculo 143 x 82 cm; Enc. de la época en Plena Piel pasta antigua lomo liso dorado tejuelo.- BONITA COLECCION COMPLETA DE ESTA FAMOSA OBRA. Palau Nº 36751. La encuadernación con las normales señales del tiempo y pequeñas faltas de piel reparadas en las cejillas de la cabeza del lomo de 3 tomos. Tiene unas pequeñas galerías de polilla en unas pocas hojas de 4 tomos que tocan a muy pocas letras no afectando a su lectura. DICHO ESTO QUE ES PRECEPTIVO la obra en general se encuentra en MUY BUEN ESTADO. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Libro en español Imprenta de Villalpando hardcover
1850réf. 41991Madrid: Establecimiento Tipográfico de D. Francisco de Paula Mellado 1847-1850.- 35 VOLS. XXXVI488 p. 1 h. 2 mapas plegados / 428 p. / 622 p. 6 lams. y 1 mapa plegado / 493 p. 1 h. 8 lams. / 480 p. 10 lams. / 502 p. 7 lams. / 469 p. 5 lams. / 493 p. 1 h. 6 lams. / 526 p. 1 h. 7 lams. / 539 p. 1 h. 7 lams. / 582 p. 7 lams. / 566 p. / 547 p. 1 h. / 488 p. 20 lams. / 454 p. 25 lams. / 558 p. / 608 p. / 492 p. / 507 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 558 p. 1 h. 2 lams. / 565 p. 1 h. 2 lams. / 489 p. 1 h. 18 lams. / 656 p. 24 lams. / 521 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 499 p. 1 h. 1 lam. / 438 p. 1 h. 1 lam. / 476 p. 1 h. 5 lams. / 486 p. 1 h. 4 lams. / 495 p. 5 lams./ 502 p. 1 h. 4 lams./ 488 p./ 613 p. 1 h. 3 lams./ 524 p./ 557 p. / 581 p.: En total contiene 190 vistosas láminas grabadas en madera xilografías incluso los 3 mapas; 8º menor 17 x 115 cm.; Buena impresión sobre papel blanco y firme; Finamente encuadernado en Media Piel a puntas de la época con el lomo bellamente dorado y los cortes levemente jaspeados en tono rojizo. EJEMPLAR EN MAGNIFICO ESTADO TOTALMENTE COMPLETO EN PAGINAS Y LAMINAS. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Libro en español Establecimiento Tipográfico de D. Francisco de Paula Mellado hardcover
réf. 3-81897Paris chez Verdière et Ladrage 1824-1830 quaranta volumi in-8vo cm. 215 x 1 in elegante legatura coeva in mezza pelle con nervature e fregi in oro ai dorsi tagli spruzzati firma del legatore “Grigandat” alla base dorso del primo volume. L'opera è cosi suddivisa: Vol. I-XI: Discorsi accademici. Teoria della Terra. Storia naturale dei minerali. Vol. XII: Storia generale degli animali. Vol. XIII-XV: Storia naturale dell'uomo. Vol. XVI-XXIX: Mammiferi. Vol. XXX-XL: Uccelli. COMPLETO. Con 2 ritratti incisi su rame Conte di Buffon e Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton 2 tavole litografiche allegoriche 2 mappe a doppia pagina e 712 litografie di cui 657 colorate a mano. 55 per L'hist. Animaux l'hist. de L'homme. Mammifères: 467 e Oiseaux: 190. In ottimo stato di conservazione. unknown
réf. 16-3426Brussels: Th. Lejeune 1828-1830 -1833. 8vo. 15 x 23 cm. Contemporary textured cloth orange gilt morocco spine labels soiled. 14 vols. bound in 20 half-titles 2 lithographed portraits 2 folding maps 736 lithographed plates most hand-colored some dampstaining in volume 1 occasional spotting without table. Nissen 158; Sitwell Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 p.83. Brussels: Th. Lejeune, 1828-1830 [-1833] hardcover
1770réf. 046643Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1770. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good. The complete Quarto edition 10 1/4" x 8" of Buffon's Birds - 9 volumes with 262 full page uncolored plates published from 1770-1783. Contemporary gilt acid calf with morocco labels marbled endpapers. Spines a bit dry wear at edges often heavy with loss of leather at corners edges dyed red with some some leak into margins in a few spots scattered foxing and toning to pages including to plates though largely in the margins a few minor paper flaws creases small tears at corners endpapers lacking on vol II a few hinges and joints are tender; mostly quite clean and still generally very sound and attractive overall. Spine labels with both the number in the Histoire Naturelle and the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Size: Quarto 4to. 9-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Animals & Birds; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046643. Imprimerie Royale hardcover
réf. 3506678Short description: In Russian. Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc. Illustrated Buffon or Natural History of Four Pods Birds Fish and Insects drawn by Victor Adam: Moscow: Type. A. Semyon 1853. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU3506678 unknown
1828réf. ABC_50439Brussels 1828. 8vo. Th. Lejeune Contemporary half calf marble boards gold-tooled spine with green and blue compartments author title and volume number lettered in gold on the spine green sprinkled edges. With a lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author a lithographed portrait of Daubenton 2 lithographed emblematic frontispieces 2 lithographed double-page maps of the Old and the New World 6 numbered lithographed plates of teeth 16 numbered lithographed plates of scientific instruments etc. and 6 numbered lithographed plates of seeds in the first 4 introductory volumes lithographed frontispieces of a naked man woman and child and 26 lithographed plates of human heads and species including 10 are nicely coloured by hand in volume 5 on the natural history of man illustrations of mammals and mammalian anatomy on 469 lithographed plates including 226 coloured by hand in volumes 6 to 10 and illustrations of birds on 210 lithographed plates all beautifully coloured by hand and including 8 heightened with gold in volumes 11 to 14. 20 volumes 14 text and 6 atlas. Each volume ca. 500 pp. Fine complete set of a special edition of the works of George-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 the most important natural historian of his day whose ground-breaking observations and classifications profoundly influenced biology geology and the natural sciences across Europe. This Brussels edition was edited by Professor Lamouroux correspondant of the Institut de France and enhanced with extensive contributions by Buffon's successors including Daubenton Lacépède Cuvier Duméril Poiret Lesson and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire whose additions were appended to the relevant chapters to provide the most current scientific observations and refinements.The work opens with two prefaces by the publishers and two eulogies one on Buffon by Nicolas de Condorcet 1743-1794 and the other on Louis Jean Marie Daubenton 1716-1800 by Baron Cuvier 1796-1832 situating the compilation within its historical and intellectual context. The illustrations were produced under the supervision of M. Meunier draughtsman of the Cabinet dHistoire Naturelle and for the first time lithographed a technique that allowed according to the Paris publisher a far more faithful representation of living subjects than was previously possible with traditional engraving. The lithography was executed by Th. Lejeune in Brussels on specially prepared paper ensuring clarity and durability.The set is divided into four major sections. Théorie de la terre volumes 1-4 illustrating minerals fossils and natural phenomena along with emblematic and scientific designs. Histoire naturelle de lhomme volume 5 depicting human anatomy physiognomy and the diversity of peoples across the globe. Mammifères volumes 6-10 presenting mammals in remarkable anatomical and behavioural detail. Oiseaux volumes 11-14 illustrating the appearance and structure of birds in natural poses. All of these topics are also represented in 6 separate atlas volumes providing a complete visual complement to the text.In total the edition contains 738 lithographs maps and plates almost two-thirds of which depict mammals and birds in rich hand-colouring demonstrating both scientific precision and extraordinary artistry. This edition preserves Buffon's original genius while reflecting the cumulative expertise of successive generations of naturalists making it one of the most comprehensive visually impressive and historically significant editions of Buffons Oeuvres complètes ever produced.With a red ownership stamp on the title page and the recto of the first flyleaf of the first volume of Théorie de la Terre Dr. A.A. v. Otterloo possibly Antony Adriaan van Otterloo 1847-1895 pastor in Zutphen The Netherlands from 1883. Some minor rubbing is visible on a few boards and all volumes show foxing. Otherwise in very good condition.l Bibl. Natura Artis Magistra 1171; Nissen 689; Sitwell Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 p. 83; Wood 268; Zimmer J.T. Ayer Lib. p. 112-113. NATURAL HISTORY / Zoology Birds - Ornithology Faunas & General Zoology Mammals hardcover
1749réf. 56340A Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1749-1767. Quindici volumi in-quarto cm. 25 pp. 10.000 ca. complessive. Con grande incisioni a ciascun frontespizio testate due carte geografiche ripiegate al primo volume e 579 tavole fuori testo anche ripiegate fra cui una tabella al quinto volume ed una 46 bis presente al dodicesimo volume. Manca il ritratto di Buffon al primo volume. Legatura coeva in piena pelle dorsi a nervi con titoli e ricchi fregi in oro. Tagli rossi. I decori al dorso degli ultimi quattro volumi leggermente dissimili. Qualche piccola mancanza o segno d'uso alle cuffie alcune fioriture a pochi volumi. Esemplare complessivamente genuino ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. de l'Imprimerie Royale unknown
1770réf. 89949Paris: 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
1828réf. 18887Brussels 1828. Large 8vo 24 x 16 cm. Th. Lejeune back of half-titles: printed by P.-M. de Vroom Contemporary gold-tooled half red half morocco marbled paper sides marbled edges marbled endpapers. With lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author lithographed portrait of Daubenton 2 lithographed emblematic frontispieces 2 lithographed double-page maps of the Old and the New World 6 numbered lithographed plates of teeth 16 numbered lithographed plates of scientific instruments and apparatus and 6 numbered lithographed plates of seeds in the first 4 introductory volumes lithographed frontispieces of a naked man woman and child and 26 lithographed plates of human heads and species of which 10 are nicely coloured by hand in volume 5 on the natural history of man illustrations of mammals and mammalian anatomy on 469 lithographed plates of which 226 coloured by hand in volumes 6 to 10 and illustrations of birds on 210 lithographed plates all beautifully coloured by hand and several heightened with gold in volumes 11 to 14. 14 volumes. Each volume ca. 500 pp. Fine complete set of a special edition of the works of George-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 the most important natural historian of his day with great influence on various scientific fields. The present work was edited by professor Lamouroux correspondant of the Institut de France and enlarged with new information by Buffon's successors in the field of natural history such as Lacépède Cuvier Poiret etc. added at the end of the relevant chapters. The work starts with two prefaces by the publishers at Brussels and Paris and two eulogies one on Buffon by Condorcet and the other on Daubenton by Baron Cuvier. The illustrations were made under supervision of M. Meunier draughtsman of the Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle and for the first time lithographed which according to the Paris publisher allowed a much more truthful representation of live subjects. The lithography was done by the Brussels publisher Th. Lejeune and printed on special paper.The work is divided into four parts: Théorie de la Terre volumes 1-4 with 2 portraits 2 maps and 30 plates; Histoire naturelle de l'homme volume 5 with 27 plates 10 coloured by hand; Mammifères volumes 6-10 with 469 plates numbered 1 - 467 including plate 167bis and 167ter including 226 coloured by hand; Oiseaux vols. 11-14 with 210 plates numbered 1 - 136 including numerous plates numbered "bis" and "ter" all coloured by hand. So there are 738 portraits maps and plates in total and almost two/thirds of the plates depicting mammals and birds are in beautiful hand-colouring with several of the plates of birds highlighted with gold as well. Extra added: Manuscript letter by Dr. J.F.M. Sterck celebrated Dutch philologist with advice on the sale of the present set of Buffon. The owner is adviced to send it for auction not to Mensing of the firm Frederik Muller who recently died but to Menno Herzberger at Amsterdam who will be happy to come and collect the work by car. Signed and dated at Aerdenhout November 21 1936. With some occasional foxing otherwise in very good condition.l Cat. Natura Artis Magistra 1171; Nissen ZBI 689; Wood p. 268. EUROPE NATURAL HISTORY / Zoology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Birds - Ornithology Earth Sciences France Mammals unknown
