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1804Best.-Nr. 4989BB1804. 3. Auflage. 5 Bände. Paris Le Prieur 1804. Klein-8°. Mit 1 gest. Frontisp. und 56 gest. Tafeln. Halblederbände aus der Zeit mit je 2 goldgepr. Rückenschildern und einfacher Rückenvergoldung. Die Vorsätze leimschattig. Durchgehend leicht gebräunt und stockfleckig. Einbände berieben und bestossen. Gelenke von Band eins geplatzt und eine Tafel lose. unknown
Best.-Nr. 33467NEW YORK RIZZOLI 2008. BUFFON'S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL AND PARTICULAR OF BIRDS. ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCOIS-NICOLAS MARTINET. FOREWORD BY DAVID SIBLEY. FOLIO IN STURDY SLIPCASE. 670 PAGES. A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION. A VERY FINE COPY CLEARLY UNUSED WITH BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. THE BOOK WEIGHS 8.4 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. VERY SCARCE. NEW YORK, RIZZOLI, 2008 unknown
1761Best.-Nr. 39518Paris Imprimerie Royale 1761. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf spine and boards worn. 4 376 pp. With engraved vignette on titlepage and 41 full-page engraved plates many folding. Plate 16 torn. Volume 9 in the first edition. Plates describing lions tigers leopards hyenas &c. Buffon is best remembered for his great work Histoire naturelle générale et particulière 1749-788: in 35 volumes 9 additional volumes published after his death by Lacépède. It included everything known about the natural world up until that date. "Written in a brilliant style this work was read. by every educated person in Europe." Those who assisted him in the production of this great work included Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. His Histoire was translated into many different languages making him one of the most widely read authors of the day equaling Rousseau and Voltaire. hardcover
1827Best.-Nr. 42163Paris Baudouin Frères et N. Delangle 1827-28. Bound in 34 contemp. uniform hcalf richly gilt spines. Various wear to spine-ends a few vols. with small tears to hinges. Edges rubbed. Engraved portrait 2 folded maps to vol. I 3 plates to vol. 11 Carte polaires to vol. 5 and 192 engraved and handcoloured plates. Oiseaux 118 Mammifères 74. Plates with tissue-guards and in general fine and clean. Textvolumes with some foxing and scattered brownspots throughout. unknown
Best.-Nr. BN384780Non est excellentior status : Vaquer à la philosophie médiévale. Études offertes en hommage à Claude Lafleur Non est excellentior status : Vaquer à la philosophie médiévale. Études offertes en hommage à Claude Lafleur David Piché Valeria Andrea Buffon eds unknown
1739Best.-Nr. C93082Paris: L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences 1739. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Imperial 8vo. pp 140-156 extract from Mmoires de l'Acadmie Royale des Sciences 17 pages complete as issued. In attractive probably 1930s binding by W. H. Smith & Son Ltd. green cloth front cover lettered in gilt; tailpiece. Inscribed ""1932"" on front pastedown. VG indeed. An important paper on forest conservation by the pioneering naturalist the Comte de Buffon 1707-88 who was also an encyclopediste cosmologist and mathematician. Very good indeed. L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences hardcover
1742Best.-Nr. C93083Paris: L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences 1742. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Imperial 8vo. pp 233-46 extract from Mmoires de l'Acadmie Royale des Sciences 14 pages complete as issued. In attractive 1930s binding by W. H. Smith & Son Ltd. green cloth front cover lettered in gilt; tailpiece. Inscribed ""1932"" on front pastedown. Browning to margins at top and bottom of pages in places. VG. An important paper on forest conservation by the pioneering naturalist the Comte de Buffon 1707-88 who was also an encyclopediste cosmologist and mathematician. Very good indeed. L'acadmie Royale Des Sciences hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. BN431099Komet-Edition 2009. 2009. Histoire naturelle. Générale et particulière. Farbige Bildtafeln aus der Natur. Histoire naturelle. Générale et particulière. Farbige Bildtafeln aus der Natur. Buffon Georges Louis Le Clerc de Komet-Edition unknown
Best.-Nr. BN446884Storia naturale degli Uccelli illustrato Storia naturale degli Uccelli illustrato Buffon G.- L. unknown
1977Best.-Nr. x-2705658734Hermann 1977. Paperback. New. 200 pages. French language. 8.27x5.98x0.55 inches. Hermann paperback
1802Best.-Nr. 1023H17Edinburgh; London: Alex. Smellie; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies; W. Creech 1802 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None Stated. The first English edition of Lacepede"s influential continuation of Buffon in four illustrated volumes devoted to reptiles and amphibians illustrated with forty-seven copper-plate engravings. In uniform half calf bindings with marbled paper boards rebacked with modern calf. The first English edition and first English translation of Lacepede"s Histoire naturelle des quadrupedes ovipares et des serpens originally published in French in 1788-1789. The edition was issued with forty-eight copper-engraved plates depicting reptiles and amphibians. This copy contains forty-seven plates with plate 6 to volume II not bound in. Collated. Translated by Robert Kerr and issued as volumes XIX-XXII of Buffon"s Natural History. A comprehensive four-volume study of reptiles and amphibians arranged and published from the papers and collections of the Comte de Buffon. Bernard Germain de Lacepede 1756-1825 was a French naturalist zoologist and politician who continued Buffon"s monumental Histoire naturelle. He later served as a professor at the Museum national d"Histoire naturelle. A substantial early English contribution to herpetology bringing Lacepede"s influential continuation of Buffon to a wider English readership. In uniform half calf bindings with marbled paper boards rebacked with modern calf. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing and bumping to the extremities with scuffing and surface loss to the marbled paper boards heavier to the edges and corners. Internally generally firmly bound. Bindings tight following rebacking volumes resistant to lying flat. Leaves frequently uncut and unevenly trimmed. Pages generally bright if age-toned with scattered spotting soiling and occasional marginal marks more pronounced to first and final few leaves. Early ownership inscriptions to the heads of the title pages dated 1823. Tide marking to upper margins of the odd gathering in vols III and IV frequently to plates. Closed tear to margin and gutter of b4 if vol II slightly affecting text. Very Good Alex. Smellie; T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; W. Creech hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. BN552229Barcelona. FKG 2009. 2009. Histoire Naturelle - Générale et Particulière. Natuurprenten in kleur Histoire Naturelle - Générale et Particulière. Natuurprenten in kleur Leclerc de Buffon Georges-Louis Barcelona. FKG unknown
1795Best.-Nr. 1253E124Edinburgh: Printed for R. Morison and Son booksellers Perth; J. Ogle Edinburgh; W. Coke Leith; J. Gilles and Brash and Reid Glasgow; J. Burnet Aberdeen; and Vernor and Hood Birchin-Lane London 1795. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. x 211 1; 2 184. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Complete two volume set. Contemporary full marbled calf leather bindings. Spines with gilt decoration red morocco title label and oval volume label. Wear to volume label of volume I. Gilt decorated board edges. Rubbing and slight cracking to joints. Light wear to ends of spines. Wear to upper corners of boards. Good solid bindings very clean text throughout. Complete with the engraved frontis plus 39 numbered plates and six unnumbered plates. Final plate is a fold-out. In Volume I plates 5 and 6 have been neatly coloured with watercolours plates 9 and 10 have been partially coloured in red watercolour. All plates are otherwise in excellent condition some plates are bound out of sequence. A well-illustrated abridgement of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle in attractive period bindings. ESTC: T490536. Overall condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Printed for R. Morison and Son, booksellers, Perth; J. Ogle, Edinburgh; W. Coke, Leith; J. Gilles, and Brash and Reid, Glasgow; hardcover
1780Best.-Nr. 1024H28Edinburgh: William Creech 1780 . Leather. Good. 8.5 by 5. None Stated. The extensively illustrated eight-volume translation of Buffon"s influential Enlightenment survey of the natural world. In contemporary uniform full calf bindings. Volume II is supplied from another set bound in quarter calf with paper-covered boards and lacks its front board. The first edition of Smellie"s translation. Extensively illustrated with over two-hundred and fifty engraved copper plates depicting domestic and exotic animals comparative anatomy and natural phenomena including two folding maps to volume I. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière was originally published in French between 1749 and 1789 ultimately extending to thirty-six quarto volumes issued during Buffon"s lifetime with additional posthumous volumes continuing the series. Buffon"s ambitious survey of the natural world encompassing the formation and history of the Earth geography geology animal physiology the natural history of humanity and an extensive account of quadrupeds. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 was a French naturalist mathematician and cosmologist. William Smellie 1740-1795 was a Scottish printer naturalist and antiquary best known as the principal compiler and editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. One of the most ambitious and influential attempts to survey the natural world produced during the Enlightenment. Volumes I and IIIVIII in contemporary uniform full calf bindings with light rubbing to the boards spines and extremities. Volume II is supplied from another set and is considerably more worn bound in quarter calf with paper-covered boards; the front board is lacking with heavy rubbing and substantial loss to the remaining binding. With ownership inscriptions to the heads of the title pages and rectos of the initial blanks throughout. Further contemporary ink inscriptions dated 1826 to the front free endpapers of Volumes IV and V. Armorial bookplate of Rowland Hunt to the front pastedown of Volume I. Slight damp staining to the upper portion of the rear pastedown of Volume VIII. Internally generally firmly bound. Volume II lacks all preliminary matter and text through page 13 as well as pages 394-413 with evidence of their forcible removal at the gutter. The first surviving leaf page 13 is worn and bears an ink ownership inscription and institutional stamp. Pages generally bright and clean if lightly age toned with occasional light spotting marks and marginal wear. Slight tidemarks to the margins of the final plates in Volume III. Dampstaining to the upper margins of plates CCXCIII-CCXCIV in Volume VIII. Plates to volume II are largely defective with frequent closed tearing and loss. Good William Creech hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. BN673518GALLIMARD 2009. 2009. Hardcover. uvres uvres Buffon GALLIMARD hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. DADAX1170381715Gale Ecco Print Editions 2010-05-30. Illustrated. paperback. New. 7.44x1.12x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Gale Ecco, Print Editions paperback
1812Best.-Nr. 995Y33London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1812. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A copiously illustrated new edition of this encyclopaedic natural history complete here in twenty volumes. A new edition carefully corrected and considerably enlarged by many additional articles notes and plates. With an account of Buffon's life by William Wood. Complete in twenty volumes. Rebound in modern maroon cloth. Renewed endpapers. Bound with the original blanks and half titles. A complete set of Comte de Buffon's Natural History General and Particular.Named the "father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century" by Ernst Mayr Buffon worked on this series for some fifty years. Thirty-six volumes came out between 1749 and 1789 followed by 8 more after his death thanks to Bernard Germain de Lacépède.It includes all the knowledge available in his time on the "natural sciences" a broad term that includes disciplines which today would be called material science physics chemistry and technology. Buffon notes the morphological similarities between men and apes although he considered apes completely devoid of the ability to think differentiating them sharply from human beings. Buffon's attention to internal anatomy made him an early comparative anatomist.Vols I-II cover Theory of the Earth; Vol. III covers History of Man; Vols. IV-X cover History of Quadrupeds; Vol. XI covers History of Birds; Illustrated with upwards of six hundred copper plates bound as such: Vol. I - Portrait frontispiece and two folding maps.Vol. II - Thirteen plates six of which are folding. Vol. III - One plate.Vol. IV - Folding genealogical table and forty-eight plates. Vol. V - Sixty-four plates.Vol. VI - Sixty-six plates. Two plates numbered 152 both titled 'Marmot of the Cape' though illustrating two different animals and two plates numbered 158 with different animals the second being Crab-eater Raccoon thus following plate no. 158 to face page 155 instead of p. 163. As issued. Vol. VII - Fifty plates two of which are folding. 'Female Opossum' bound facing page 117 instead of p. 115. Lacking Plate No. 211 'Crab-Eater' as found to be the case with other copies. Page numbers for plates CCXV-CCXXIII in binder's directions from 134-172 are misprinted as 234 236 etc. Rights itself when it gets to 304. Plate No. 242 'Hippopotamus' bound facing page 472 instead of 435.Vol. VIII - Forty-nine plates. Plate no. 261 'Tzeiran' bound following no. 262 instead of facing page 170. Vol. IX - Fifty-six plates. Several plates in this volume have binding discrepancies but are all confirmed present. Vol. X - Sixty-nine plates.Vol. XI - Twenty-nine plates.Vol. XII - Twenty-seven plates. Several plates in this volume have binding discrepancies but are all confirmed present. Vol. XIII - Twenty-seven plates.Vol. XIV - Twenty-two plates. Vol. XV - Twenty-two plates.Vol. XVI - Fifteen plates. Vol. XVII - Nineteen plates.Vol. XVIII - Thirty-one plates.Vol. XIX - Forty plates.Vol. XX - Thirty-four plates.Collated complete. Rebound in modern maroon cloth. Externally lovely with only the odd minor mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional scattered spotting often more populated to the plates and surrounding pages. Occasional offsetting caused by plates. Reference clipping tipped-in to the verso of the half title of Vol I. Small open tear affecting the last four plates of Vol. IV. Very Good Indeed T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
Best.-Nr. 4aa146Frères Paris 1837. Maße: ca. 137 cm x 22 cm im Passepartout leicht fleckig/1 Blatt gebräunt. - Aus: Oeuvres completes de Buffon Pl. 26 27 und 28 - unknown
Best.-Nr. 9a528Müller Stuttgart 1847. XII VI 354 508 382 Seiten mit zusammen 70 davon 36 colorierten Stahlstich-Tafeln Halbleder der Zeit etwas berieben und bestoßen/2 Kapitale eingerissen/etwas stockfleckig/Name auf Vorsatz. unknown
1770Best.-Nr. 901F25Paris: 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
1770Best.-Nr. 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
1783Best.-Nr. 880P2Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1783-88. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. Comte de Buffon's important natural history work these nine volumes focusing solely on the history of minerals a nice set in the original French. The first edition.Complete in nine volumes.In the original French.Half-titles present to Volumes III to IX.'Histoire Naturelle' is an encylopaedic work originally running to 36 volumes by Buffon being continued by his colleagues led by Lacepede after his death.These nine volumes focus on minerals and was the last work published during Buffon's lifetime the author dying in 1788. The last volume in this set includes 'Traité de l"Aimant'.This was an incredibly important resource on the subject of natural history in eighteenth century France providing a wealth of information on all living things.'Histoire Naturelle des Mineraux' was a departure from the rest of Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle' set as 'Mineraux' was not illustrated. Buffon collaborated on this series on minerals by Andre Thouin Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond and Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau.Stamp of 'St. Hugh's Parkminster' to the title pages. St Hugh's Charterhouse is the only post-reformation Carthusian monastery in the U.K. a Gothic Revival structure founded in 1873. In the original calf binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities a very small amount of loss to the head of the spine of Volume I and lifting to the head of the spines of Volumes VII and IX. A little light rubbing to the joints heavier rubbing to the front board of Volume II. Heavier rubbing with a small amount of loss to the tail of the rear board of Volume V. A small amount of loss of leather to the tail of the front board of Volume VII. Second spine label of Volume VIII is lifting. Heavier rubbing to the front board of Volume IX. A few light marks to the boards including a larger mark to the rear board of Volume I to the front board of Volume III and to the rear board of Volume IV. Two small worm holes to the front joint and one to the rear joint of Volume III. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Stamp to the title pages. First and last few pages of Volume IV are age-toned. Very Good L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1804Best.-Nr. 871F23Paris: Chez Plassan 1804 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. An early edition of La Cepede's richly illustrated and very scarce study of cetaceans. In the original French.Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates across the two volumes. Collated complete.Published in the same year as the single volume first edition. Very scarce in all early editions.With each volume retaining the original half title.A richly illustrated study of cetaceans by French naturalist and freemason Count de Lacepede who was chosen by naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffo to be his successor and continue his series 'Histoire Naturelle'. In full calf bindings with gilt detailing to spines. Rubbing to back strip heads and tails board perimeters and joints. Minor loss of leather to rear board of volume I. Library stamps to title pages with small library markings to versos of front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Chez Plassan hardcover
1785Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 62102379Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 596 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
