BUFFON [Georges-Louis Leclerc de] -Biblio.com
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ref. 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
ref. 3-38049Paris Garnier Frères 1854 8vo grande cm. 265 x 19 legatura coeva in mezza pelle con angoli dorso a 5 snodi con fregi e titoli dorati pp. 670 con 4 tavole e due carte cromolitografiche fuori testo. Il solo tomo nono. Difetti alla cuffia superiore; una lieve gora al taglio; lievi bruniture e fioriture. Nel complesso ben conservato. unknown
ref. 1108023002.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 3-14010Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale 1760 circa in-4to legatura originale piena pelle con titolo dorato e dorso a sei snodi con spellature e strappi legatura allentata qualche tavola sciolta pp. 4-XVI-451 con una testata figurata incisa in rame e 11 tavole a piena pagina incise in rame fuori testo. Manca il frontespizio. Sono presente solo 11 delle 57 tavole descritte nell'indice : tav. 12: Zebra tav. 3456: Ippopotamo tav. 24: Gazzella tav. 41 Corna tav. 46 Babirussa tav. 48 Capibara tav. 50. Copia da studio. unknown
ref. 78725Paris l'Imprimerie Royale 1777-1789. Eight parts in eight. 4to 25.3 x 19.3 cm. Title pages with allegorical engraved vignettes numerous engraved head and tail pieces. 3807 pp. iii 148 335; ii xxxviii 291 ii; iii 415; iii 534; iv 553; iv 480; iv 234 ccclxxiv; v-xx 364. 439 engraved plates 13; 57; 61; 62; 75; 51; 38; 82; one double-sized table in Vol. II. Uniform contemporary full tree calf. Spines with five raised bands rich gilt compartments with floral vignettes two morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges. = The complete rare Supplément mammals part of the first 4to edition "PMM edition" of this large and important series on natural history by Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788. Together they form a coherent segment of the whole work. Provenance: On the front pastedowns a bookplate Bibliothèque du C.en = Citoyen Capon over an older bookplate with coat of arms; small stamp of Gleizes Notre. JMP on titles. Some rubbing to the boards edges and spine ends; several plates toned but generally clean. An attractive uniformly bound unmarked set. Ashworth and Bradley 1984. Theories of the Earth 1644-1830. The history of a genre 25; Nissen ZBI 672; PMM 198 in part; Casey Wood p. 267. hardcover
ref. 64405Paris l'Imprimerie Royale 1776. 4to 24.1 x 18.5 cm. Title page with engraved vignette engraved head and tail pieces. iii 582 xx pp. six engraved plates many tables. 20th century brown cloth spine with gilt title. = Supplement volume to the quarto edition of this large and important series on natural history by Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788. Not to be confused with the much smaller 12mo sometimes listed as 8vo edition. Well-illustrated by De Sève one of the best natural history illustrators of the 18th century. This volume deals with Man and addresses issues as Man's longevity and the probabilities percentages of reaching a certain age. Other topics are ovulary glands body temperature skin colour and albinism siamese twins and other teratological issues. Some mostly marginal toning and infrequent light spotting weak old library stamp on several text pages and the title page but generally clean. Nissen ZBI 672; Casey Wood p. 267. hardcover
ref. 63426Paris F. Dufart An IX-XIII 1801-1805. 28 parts in 28 Complete. 8vo 19.3 x 12.0 cm. Over 10000 pp.; 257 finely engraved plates. Uniform contemporary polished tree-calf with empire style gilt borders and ornaments. Red and black morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Edges yellow speckled with red. = A massive work by one of the most important zoologists of the late 18th and early 19th century edited by Sonnini. According to the title this work contains images of every bird then known to science. Comments by Sonnini are often added in the footnotes. Boards with some - mainly minor - rubbing a few volumes with the leather on the boards not the spines partly abraded. Light age-toning or offsetting to a few text sections volume 16 with paper absence in lower outer margin no text loss; volume 26 with a marginal damp stain in places several volumes lightly toned at the lower inner part the plates are generally cleaner and bright. Otherwise a very good unmarked complete and attractively bound set. Nissen IVB 160; Nissen ZBI 682. hardcover
ref. 70171Paris F. Dufart An X-XIII 1802-1805. 21 parts in 21. 8vo 19.4 x 12.2 cm. Over 9000 pp. 308 finely engraved plates on 307 leaves; one large folding chart. Uniform contemporary polished tree-calf with empire style gilt borders and ornaments. Red and black morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red. = A massive work and part of a larger series on various natural history subjects ranging from botany to entomology and from mineralogy to conchology but this is the complete section dealing with mammals. The first two volumes contain a general introduction to the Animal Kingdom followed by three volumes dealing with Man two with monkeys and apes one with whales and othere aquatic mammals and 13 with all other mammals including cats bears deer pachyderms bats marsupials etc. Sonnini was both the author and editor of this "suite de Buffon". The fine engravings are by Barraband Berthault Blanchard Duhamel Racine and others. Several plate numbers are out of sequence but none are missing. A few pecies for instance the guinea pig are described but not illustrated. Plate X and XI of volume 11 are on one leaf. Boards with some mainly minor rubbing; a few volumes with the leather on the boards not the spines more abraded. Some light in a few sections moderate age-toning and some spotting throughout; the plates generally cleaner. some paper loss in the margin of quadrupèdes volume 1 pp. 55-56; and volume 5 pp. 101-102 and 263-264; one gathering in volume 12 detached otherwise a very good unmarked and attractively bound set. Junk Rara p. 30; Nissen ZBI 2388. hardcover
ref. 35799Paris Imprimerie Royale 1770-1785. 18 volumes in 18. Large 12mo 18.0 x 10.5 cm. Text with 264 engraved plates. Uniform contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spines with five raised gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with gilt floral patterns and two morocco labels in red or brown short title and black part number. = This is the complete bird section volumes 14-31 usually found separately of Buffon's Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière published by the Imprimerie Royale from 1749 to 1804 in 44 volumes. Nissen only quotes 262 plates. The plates are after De Sève and depict the birds in their natural surroundings including nice architectural design. Some light shelfwear one spine label with some loss; some slight foxing in the text plates clean. The last two volumes published four years after volume 16 in a slightly different binding see pictures. A nice set in beautiful contemporary almost uniform bindings. Nissen IVB 160; Ronsil 413. hardcover
ref. 35547Paris 1761. Single leaf 25.1 x 18.4 cm. Copper engraving. Passe-partout size 45.8 x 33.0 cm. = Portrait of the famous French naturalist George Louis Leclerq or le Clerq Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 whose influence on popular natural history remains apparent to this day. Claude Baron made the engraving under the supervision of Jean Germain Drouais 1763-1788 the French historical painter and portraitist Baron also worked for Buffon engraving many birds and mammals for his publications. The printed surface is 20.0 x 16.1 cm. A few small marginal smudges otherwise very good. unknown
ref. 30048Paris Garnier frères 1853-1855. In 12 volumes. Very large 8vo 26.7 x 17.8 cm. Text with one engraved frontispiece one hand-coloured frontispiece one engraved portrait of Buffon and 160 hand-coloured engraved plates and maps for a total of 163 plates outside the text. Contemporary uniform dark blue half calf over pebbled boards; spines with four raised bands compartments with gilt vignettes and titles. Iridescent endpapers. All edges gilt. = A fine uniformly bound set of one of the many "Oeuvres Complètes" by this famous author mostly dealing with birds four volumes mammals three volumes and minerals three. With a preface by Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens dated 1855. The title pages are dated 1853-1854. Heim regards this edition as the eighth important edition after Buffon's death in 1788. The frontispiece plate to Volume II "l'Homme et la Femme" is present. It is not listed in the plate index at the end of Vol. XII and seems to be missing often. Nissen states an incorrect number of plates. Apart from some foxing in the text mostly on tissue guards an attractive set. R. Heim 1952 "Buffon Les grands naturalistes Français" p. 232; Hoover 192; Nissen ZBI 704. hardcover
2009ref. I-547-898GALLIMARD 2009. Hardcover. Good. Edition 2009. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. GALLIMARD hardcover
1787ref. 19243CB1787. erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe Brünn gedruckt bei Joseph Georg Traßler und im Verlage der Kompagnie 1787 8° 324 und 7 S. Inhaltsverzeichnis mit 38 kolorierten Kupfern Einband der Zeit mit schwarzer Rückenbeschriftung auf rotem Grund Einbandkanten leicht beschabt Einband an den unteren Ecken ein wenig bestoßen Rückdeckel an unterer Ecke mit kleiner Fehlstelle exLibris auf Vorderdeckel-Innenseite Titelseite mit Längsknick sonst altersgemäß schönes sauberes und kollationiertes Exemplar. Alle Abbildungen sind vollständig vorhanden und wohlerhalten. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
2008ref. 64344New York: Rizzoli 2008. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Martinet Francois-Nicolas. green cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 670 pp in illustrated slipcase Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Rizzoli hardcover
ref. 1108023010.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 65458Chez Abel Ledoux 10 volumes In-8 4000pp. portrait frontispice 4 cartes depliantes nombreux tableaux et tables 1 volume de 164 planches: 450 gravures reliures demi-basane de l'epoque dos ornes et filets dores Nb-0236 unknown
ref. 65689Ve J. Renouard Libraire-Editeur Paris 1866 In-8 173pp. pagination: vi-115-282 petites rousseurs eparses couverture noire hommage autographe de l'auteur etat moyen Ats30f Rare dedicace signee par Henri Nadault de Buffon Magistrat fondateur de la Societe des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons HSB unknown
ref. 1022674307.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 62271Imprimerie Royale In-12 332pp. illustr. 22 planches zoologiques reliure plein veau racine de l'epoque dos a nerfs ornes mors uses aux coiffes etiquette ex-libris: Heinrich de Johann Brenner 1767 Nb-0377 Le Zebre l'Hippopotame l'Elan le Renne le Bouquetin la Gazelle le Chamois etc. unknown
ref. 1022534874.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1022537113.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 59859A Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale 1774 In-12 vi-422pp. un feuillet restaure avec manque de texte reliure plein veau racine de l'epoque dos orne a nerfs tranches marbrees Nb-0322 Theorie de la Terre - Introduction a l'histoire des Mineraux unknown
ref. 59860A Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale 1774 In-12 vi-340-45pp. illustr. 16 planches hors-texte in-fine reliure plein veau racine de l'epoque dos orne a nerfs tranches marbrees Nb-0322 Theorie de la Terre - Introduction a l'histoire des Mineraux Observations sur la nature de la platine - Experience sur la tenacite et la decomposition du fer - Experience sur la lumiere et la chaleur qu'elle peut produire - Invention des miroirs pour bruler a de grandes distances - Reflexion sur le jugement de Descartes au sujet des miroirs d'archimede - Invention d'autres miroirs - Observations sur les couleurs accidentelles et les ombres colorees etc. . unknown
ref. 59857A Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale 1776 In-12 vi-434pp. illustr. tableaux reliure plein veau racine de l'epoque dos orne a nerfs tranches marbrees Nb-0322 Memoires: Experiences sur la pesanteur du Feu et sur la duree de l'incandescence - Experiences sur la fusion des mines de Fer - Experiences sur la force du Bois - Moyen facile d'augmenter la solidite la force et la duree du Bois - Experiences sur le dessechement du Bois a l'air et sur son imbibation dans l'eau - Sur la covservation et le retablissement des forets - Sur la culture et l'exploitation des forets - etc. . unknown
