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Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de; Rene-Richard Castel; F M G T de Tigny; L A G Bosc; J B Lamarck; B Mirbel et al [Natural HistoryBiblio.com

Histoire Naturelle de Buffon classée par ordres genres et espèces d'après le systême de Linné; Avec les Caractères Génériques et la nomenclature Linnéenne; Par René-Richard Castel auteur du poëme des Plantes 80 volumes

1803Best.-Nr. 71345Paris: De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet 1803. Nouvelle Édition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Twenty-fourmo 13.5 cm Contemporary 3/4 brown leather with speckled paper over boards. Pale red and green gilt stamped leather spine labels. Six gilt ruled compartments on the spines. Illustrated plates the majority with tissue-guards. This specific set has a frontispiece portrait of Buffon 781 illustrated plates and 5 folding tables the exact number of plates found in each volume is available upon request. Text in French. Extremities very lightly rubbed and soiled. A couple of boards with small red stains. Spines sporadically mottled. Occasional minor chipping to spine ends and a handful of spine labels with loss. Underlying boards peeking through at corners. Endpapers have a previous owner's red ink stamps a small faint ink stamp in black and minute contemporary numerical notations. Stitching visible in gutters here and there. Pp. 125-130 volume 12 are partially detached. Pp. 29-32 volume 44 and pp. 93-96 volume 77 are completely detached but present. Skillful repair to fore-edge margin of p. 169 volume 59. Pages bound out of sequence in volume 59 between p. 136 and p. 185. Periodic printing errors occur in the set's pagination. In a handful of plates the sky in the background appears stained and there is a bit of red staining to plate at p. 258 in volume 70. Two reptile illustrations in volume 42 are a trifle trimmed at the head. Additional Collation Notes: Curiously volumes 56-65 are the only volumes in which the plates are numbered. In volume 58 I believe plate 15 is mislabeled as 13 and it is found between plates 23 and 24. The books are very structurally sound and the pages are strikingly clean and bright. Contents: Théorie de la Terre. Époques de la Nature; Discours Généraux; Quadrupèdes; Oiseaux; Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux; Histoire Naturelle des Poissons; Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles; Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles; Histoire Naturelle des Vers; Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés; Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. An edition published posthumously of Buffon's most famous work. Buffon's Histoire Naturelle was continued in part by others after his death. It was translated into various languages and read throughout Europe. French naturalist George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon 1707-1788 Comte de Buffon is viewed as the most influential biologist of the 18th century epitomizing the revolutionary changes the Enlightenment brought to the study of nature. The title of Count was bestowed on him by Louis XV in recognition of his accomplishments rather than by birth. He is most famous for Histoire Naturelle a comprehensive work on natural history first begun in 1749. De Buffon began his studies at the College of Godrans in Dijon where he was only an average student. Originally his father wanted him to have a legal career however in 1728 he went to Angers where he studied medicine botany and mathematics. In 1739 he was appointed keeper of the Jardin du Roi the royal botanical garden now the Jardin des Plantes and of the accompanying museum. There he was tasked with creating a catalog of the royal collections in natural history which he transformed into an undertaking to produce a record of the whole of nature. This became his monumental work Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière which was the first modern effort to methodically present all existing knowledge in the subjects of natural history geology and anthropology in one publication. Buffon's ideas challenged traditional biological classification and introduced theories of evolutionary thought roughly one hundred years before Darwin. Comte de Buffon is also remembered for his argument that the world had a lengthy history rather than being only a few thousand years old as the naturalists of the 1600s believed. In addition he felt that scientific writing should be energetic and graceful in style thereby allowing his work to be accessible to a wide audience in Europe and beyond. Buffon's work articulated that species were different throughout the world that the planet was much older than the Bible suggested and that plant and animal species were related in intricate ways. Buffon's bold way of looking at the world laid the groundwork for later revolutionary thinkers who are responsible for much of what we know about the natural world. An attractive set of a pivotal work of the Enlightenment richly illustrated with numerous hand-colored plates. De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet unknown

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Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc; Smellie, William [Translation and Notes]Biblio.com

NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL AND PARTICULAR BY THE COUNT DE BUFFON TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. ILLUSTRATED WITH THREE HUNDRED AND ONE COPPER-PLATES AND OCCATIONAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS BY THE TRANSLATOR. 9 Vol. Complete

1781Best.-Nr. 1409442London; Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech 1781-1785. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos Nine Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In fine matching tree-calf bindings with elaborate gilt decoration along board edges and spines and gilt roll along the turn-ins; spines with gilt titling on colored morocco labels; with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate shelf wear with small scuffs to covers rubbing along edges and mild bumping to fore corners. Fore corners often show small areas of exposed board. Splitting to joints and hinges of most volumes. Light shallow chipping to heads and tails of spines; heavier on Vol. I with some loss of material. Some rubbing to gilt elements on spines. Text blocks show moderate rubbing and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edges. All volumes moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Some pencil and pen numbering/notation on verso of the front flyleaves; a single mark in most volumes with more notes in Vol. I. CONTENTS: Vol. I 2 iii 2 iv-xxi 3 514 pages plus frontispiece and plates i-ii; Vol. II 4 517 pages plus plates iii-x.; Vol. III iv 4 524 pages plus plates xi-xv1 xv2 xv3-xxiii; Vol. IV vii 352 pages plus plates xxiv-liii1 liii2-lxxvii lxxix lxxviii lxxx-xcix; Vol. V vii 440 pages plus plates c-clxii; Vol. VI 4 443 plus plates clxiii-cxcvii; Vol. VII vii 452 pages plus plates cxcviii-ccxl1 ccxl2 ccxl3-ccli; Vol. VIII v 2 352 pages plus plates cclii-ccxcv; Vol. IX viii 422 2 pages plus plates cccii-cccvii. Shelved in Room A. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. This is an excellent first edition of William Smellie's influential English translation of the Comte de Buffon's monumental work the Histoire Naturelle which was a comprehensive multi-volume treatise on the most current natural science of the time. 1409442. Special Collections - Upstairs. W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech hardcover

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