[Latreille (Pierre-André ; 1762-1833)]Livre Rare Book
1824réf. 21251Lyon, 1824 ; in-8, maroquin rouge à long grain, dos lisse à décor de grands losanges de filets pointillés, fleurons, semé de fleurettes, palette en queue, pièces vert-empire, large dentelle d’encadrement des plats, roulettes sur les coupes et d’intérieur, tranches dorées (reliure de l’époque) ; [2] ff. Faux-titre et titre sur papier vert clair, [8] ff. bl, LXXIX planches gravées, protégées par des serpentes, gravées par Voysard, Perée, Berthault, Bigant, Duhamel, Voyez, Jourdan, Miger, Mlle Levé, Cugnet, J. B. Racine, Hubert, Mme Vilain, Delignon, Philipau, d’après Barraband.
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 books
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 books
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
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
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
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
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
1805réf. 21362Paris, L. Duprat-Duverger, imprimerie de Baudouin, an XIII-1805 ; 6 tomes in-8 et Atlas grand in-4° (338 mm), demi-veau fauve et petits coins de vélin, pièces de titre décorées rouge-orangé et de tomaison décorées vert-empire, plat de papier rouge à l’époque, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque); XI, 88, 332 pp., frontispice de Girodet, gravé par Robert De Launay, [1] f. serpente imprimée de l’explication de l’estampe ; [2] ff. (Table et Errata) ; 446 pp., [1] f. (Errata) ; 444 ; 410 ; 372 ; 372; 360 pp. ; Atlas : [1] f. Titre, IV pl. pour les Mémoires ; 35 planches sur le cerveau (XXXII et II bis, V bis et XXIIbis), dont 8 doubles.
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
1750réf. 19831Par M. le Comte de Buffon. Grandes vignettes en tête de chapitre.T1/ théorie de la terre - 2 pl et 2 cartes.T2 à T15 : histoire naturelle des animaux - histoire naturelle de l'homme. Description du cabinet du roi.T2/8 pl - T3/17 pl - T4/23 pl - T5/52 pl + 1 pl/ table de l'ordre des chiens - T6/57 pl - T7/48 pl - T8/54 pl - T9/41 pl - T10/57 pl - T11/43 pl - T12/57 pl+1 - T13/59 pl - T14/41 pl - T15/18 pl -T16/T17 : histoire naturelle des oiseaux - T1/29 pl - T2/27 pl -Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale - 1750 - 1771. - Seconde édition. Certaines gravures sont parfois inversées. Complet de toutes ses planches.Reliure plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à nerfs orné et doré avec pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin rouge. Tranches rouges. Mouillures en bas de pages sur le T10. Parfois quelques rousseurs. Très bon état. Format in-4°(26x20).
1774réf. 249221774 Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1774-1788, 52 volumes in-12, veau fauve raciné, tranches bleues jaspées, dos à 5 nerfs orné de caissons à fleurons dorés avec pièces de titre et de tomaison, (reliure de l'époque).
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. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU3506678
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
réf. 4362Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Entre 1774 et 1790. Ensemble de 57 volumes in-12 reliés en plein veau marbré du temps, dos lisses ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, étiquettes de tomaison et titre en maroquin vert et rouge. Seuls six volumes présentent quelques infimes différences de reliures. Bel ensemble réunissant 695 planches hors texte et 4 cartes dépliantes.
réf. 6461824-1832 À Paris, chez Verdière et Ladrange, 1824-1832.
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
1772réf. AMO-3535Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788) 1 page feuillet 20,5 x 16 cm Bon état. Légères traces de plis. Deux trous d’épingle en dehors du texte. Voir photos. Lettre signée à son ami le botaniste André Thouin (1747-1824) alors âgé de 25 ans. Goerges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon est âgé de 65 ans au moment de la rédaction de ce courrier. Son immense ouvrage intitulé "L'Histoire naturelle" est encore en cours de publication (cette somme unique en son genre fut publiée entre 1749 et sa mort - avec de nombreux suppléments parus ensuite par Lacépède – en 1772 les Oiseaux sont en cours de publication depuis 1770. La publication des Oiseaux ne s’achèvera qu’en 1783). Dans le présent courrier Buffon écrit à son jeune ami et collaborateur resté à Paris. Buffon écrit depuis son cabinet de travail de Montbard. C’est précisément en 1772, peu de temps après la rédaction de ce courrier que seront achevées les forges situées près du village de Buffon. Buffon écrit à Thouin en ces termes : [Transcription de la lettre / orthographe respectée :] "Lucas a dû vous remettre, mon cher Thouin, les deux certificats dont vous avez besoin et c'est à lui à qui je vous prie de remettre la partie qui me revient lorsque vous aurez touchée. Je vous envoye ci joint un second mandat pour prendre vingt voyes de bois chez le Sr Vaslin ; s'il fait aussi froid à Paris qu'ici on doit commencer à en brûler beaucoup. Ma santé souffre de cette rigueur de froid qui dure ici depuis quatre à cinq jours, le termomètre étoit cette nuit à 6 degrés 1/2 au dessous de la glace. Je vous remercie, mon cher Thouin, de vos bons souhaits au renouvellement de cette année. Je vous prie de faire mes amitiés à votre bonne mère et à votre famille. à Montbard ce 6 janvier 1772 [signé] Buffon." Les relations entre André Thouin (1747-1824) et Buffon sont importantes. C'est Buffon, alors intendant du jardin du roi depuis 1739, qui offre à André Thouin la place de son pèreJean- André Thouin (jardinier en chef du jardin du roi) décédé en 1764. André Thouin n'a alors que 17 ans. Les deux hommes collaboreront étroitement jusqu’à la mort de Buffon en 1788. Buffon gère Paris le plus souvent depuis son cabinet de Montbard tandis que Thouin se révèle être un parfait collaborateur au plus près des nombreux travaux à réaliser et à gérer le Jardin du Roi. Thouin aura une importante carrière et sera toujours très apprécié de Buffon. De nombreuses lettres de Buffon à Thouin ont été publiées dans la Correspondance Générale de Buffon ainsi que dans les volumes de correspondance inédite publiés ultérieurement. La lettre que nous proposons ici ne se trouve pas dans ces volumes de correspondance. Elle est inédite. Par ailleurs nous avons constaté que les échanges publiés entre Buffon et Thouin datent du début des années 1780 et années suivantes. Un tel courrier entre les deux hommes à la date de janvier 1772 montre la teneur des échanges durant les premières années après la nomination de Thouin jeune au Jardin du Roi depuis 1764. Très beau document signé par le grand naturaliste.
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. unknown
1825réf. 81174Paris: A. Eymery 1825. Fine. A. Eymery Paris 1825 -1828 13.50 x 21 cm longueur totale de la série 103 cm 26 volumes reliés Complete new edition of Buffon's works published in Paris by Eymery between 1825 and 1828 according to the arrangement established by the Comte de Lacépède and completed by the supplementary volume issued in 1828. A handsome complete set in 26 bound volumes 13.5 × 21 cm; total shelf length: 103 cm illustrated with 245 plates: Buffon's portrait engraved by Devéria as the frontispiece 216 hand-coloured plates - some heightened with gold - including 91 devoted to mammals and 126 to birds 13 plates in black and 4 folding maps. Most of the coloured plates were executed by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre the animal painter successively attached to Empress Joséphine's menagerie and to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Contemporary full glazed calf spines with raised bands decorated in blind with gilt-point mosaics gilt rolls at head and foot twin blond calf lettering-pieces; sides with a large central blind-stamped medallion within a matching blind-tooled border. Spines with some fading and small losses to the upper spine-ends of eight volumes vols. 1 5 9 11 23 and 24 tear to the upper joint and lower spine-end of vol. 26. Paper generally fresh occasional scattered foxing; the majority of the plates remarkably fresh a few browned in vols. 3 4 5 and 10; tear to p. 63 in vol. 11. Armorial bookplate of the library of the Comte Chevreau d'Antraigues. Interrupted by Buffon's death in 1788 the vast undertaking of the Histoire naturelle found its natural continuation in Étienne de Lacépède. Called upon during the final years of Buffon's life to carry forward the unfinished sections he successively published the volumes devoted to oviparous quadrupeds and serpents followed by those on fishes and cetaceans before undertaking a new arrangement of the entire work. Begun under his supervision this edition continued after his death in October 1825 concluding with the publication of the supplementary volume in 1828. Its illustration owes much to Jean-Gabriel Prêtre one of the foremost animal painters of his generation. Trained in Geneva before joining Empress Joséphine's menagerie at Malmaison and later the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle he devoted much of his career to depicting newly described species with remarkable accuracy; several still bear his name today. The present copy comes from the library of the Comte Chevreau d'Antraigues as evidenced by its armorial bookplate a recognised provenance on the French antiquarian book market where a number of books from the same library have appeared over the years. One of the finest editions of Buffon's Histoire naturelle bringing together for the first time in a coherent and uniform set the work as finally arranged by Lacépède. A. Eymery hardcover
