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rif. 107399Paris: Imprimerie royale 1771-1786. . 10 volumes large folio 459 x 328mm. large paper text within woodcut borders 972 of 973 hand-coloured engraved plates by Martinet a few printed in red or yellow contemporary calf gilt with painted decoration spines gilt in compartments green morocco lettering-pieces gilt edges lacking plate number 829 in volume 5 a few small marginal stains on the plates of parakeets in volume 7 between pp. 122-123 colour from plate offset onto p. 220 of volume 8 joints cracking spines chipped some repairs to board edges A FINE LARGE COPY OF BUFFON'S MAGISTERIAL SURVEY OF BIRDS which did much to broaden contemporary interest in natural history; its popularity meant that there were numerous editions published in various formats. The attractive plates were engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet 1731-1800 and hand-coloured under the instruction of Edmée-Louis Daubenton. They were issued in parts without text from 1765 to around 1780 which accounts for the seemingly random plate numbering in this edition. Buffon then adapted the text on birds from his encyclopaedic Histoire naturelle to accompany Martinet's plates issued in large and small folio; much of the text was the work of Montbeillard and Bexon though edited by Buffon. The second half of volume ten is taken up with extensive indices of subjects and of birds' names in different languages. According to Anker there was a folio edition published 1770-1786 his no.76 and then another folio edition in 1771-1783 his no.77 which had the text and plates bound separately but with only 6 volumes of text Nissen also describes these two editions within his no.158 the former as folio and the latter as large folio. The present copy has the first title-page dated 1771 but has the plates bound within the text at the relevant places. The series of Martinet and Daubenton's plates which was published separately also contained 35 plates which were not of birds and which were not generally included in the text editions. Paris: Imprimerie royale 1771-1786. unknown
1831rif. S65766London; Dublin; Glasgow: Printed for Thomas Tegg J. Cumming R. Griffin 1831. vi 448; 396; 509; 500 c. 400 engravings 4 vignettes. . HB. 4 vols 12mo 178�110 mm publisher's orig. boards printed paper labels to spines spines worn with splitting and some loss to paper covers; the fourth volume is split. Internally clean and bright with illustrations well preserved. An unusal survival in the original publisher's binding. This work represents a significant early nineteenth-century English adaptation of Buffon's celebrated natural history. Rather than simply reprinting the original text John Wright F.Z.S. the editor and compiler sought to modernise and expand Buffon's work for a contemporary British readership. He incorporated material from leading naturalists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries particularly Georges Cuvier and Bernard Germain de Lac�p�de. The volume also includes an anonymous introductory treatise on botany reflecting the growing importance of botanical science within natural history.Richly illustrated throughout the work contains more than 400 charming wood-engraved illustrations most of them executed by the noted artist William Harvey together with four vignette engravings by J. Thompson after Harvey's designs. These extensive illustrations greatly enhanced the accessibility and appeal of the text providing visual representations of the animals for a broad reading public.As a publication Wright's edition is both attractive and historically significant. It demonstrates the enduring influence of Buffon's eighteenth-century natural history while revealing how his ideas were being reassessed and supplemented in light of advances in zoology and comparative anatomy. The botanical section offers a concise overview of contemporary plant science discussing the structure and functions of roots stems leaves flowers fruits and seeds as well as plant nutrition germination and classification. Particularly noteworthy is its treatment of both the Linnaean system and the emerging Natural System of classification illustrating the transition in botanical thought during the early nineteenth century. As such the work stands as an important document of the period's efforts to reconcile classical natural history with the rapidly developing scientific knowledge of the modern age. Printed for Thomas Tegg, J. Cumming, R. Griffin hardcover
rif. 1862ABParis Garnier 1855. Hld. d. Zt. m. Rückentitel. Kapitale etwas beschädigt. Ecken beschabt. Bezug v. Vorderdeckel teils verfärbt. Innengelenke angeplatzt. Vorsatz gebräunt. Papier teils stark fleckig. Tafeln teils etwas gebräunt. Paris, Garnier (1855). unknown
1765rif. B7181Paris c.1765. One plate with small tear at gutter not affecting plate. Interior generally crisp and clean colours vivid. Binding: Half brown calf over marbled paper boards. Spine with 5 raised bands red morocco label in second compartment green morocco label in fourth compartment gilt rolls on bands. Notes: Edme-Louis Daubenton 12 August 1730 – 12 December 1785 was a French naturalist. Daubenton was the cousin of another French naturalist Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton. Georges-Louis Leclerc the Comte de Buffon engaged Edme-Louis Daubenton to supervise the coloured illustrations for the monumental Histoire Naturelle 1749–89. The Planches Enluminee started to appear in 1765 and finally accounted for 1008 plates all engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet 1731–1800 and all painted by hand. The Parisian publisher Panckoucke published a version without text between 1765 and 1783. The Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large quarto volumes written between 1749 and 1789 by the Comte de Buffon. The books cover what was known of the "natural sciences" at the time including what would now be called material science physics chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals. A de luxe edition of Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux 1771–1786 was produced by the Imprimerie royale in 10 folio and quarto volumes with 1008 engraved and hand-coloured plates executed under Buffon's personal supervision by Edme-Louis Daubenton cousin and brother-in-law of Buffon's principal collaborator Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton. The plates were originally issued in 42 cahiers each containing 24 plates and no accompanying text or titles. Size: Folio 460 x 315mm Illustration: A beautifully bound collection of 100 handcoloured plates produced by Daubenton for the Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle which was issued in multiple parts between 1765 and 1783 and came to encompass over 1000 plates. The numbered plates depict birds from many parts of the world including Africa Canada Mexico France Italy Brazil China and America. The present volume represents an impressive compilation of plates originally issued across different parts the numbering not always chronological. One plate with etched caption crossed and rewritten in contemporary hand. Category: Book Natural History; Book Plate Books Colour; hardcover
1793rif. 609491793. Te Dordrecht By A. Blussé en Zoon 1793 4° IV 340 pp. 6 Kuoferstichtafeln Halbledereinband d.Zt.; frisches Exemplar. INHOUD VAN DIT DEEL: Proeve van eene Zedenkundige Rekenkunde. Rekenkundige Maaten. Meetkundige Maaten. Van de waarschijnlijkheden van de duuring van het leven. Tafel van de waarschijnlijkheid van het leven. Algemeene Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Gestorvene in de Stad Parys van het jaar 1709 tot het jaar 1766 ingesloten. Tafel van de Gedoopte Getrouwde Paaren en Begravene in de Stad Montbard in Bourgonje. Tafel der Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Overledene in de Stad Semur in Auxois. Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Overledene in de Stad Flavigny. Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Overledene in de Stad Vitteaux. Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Overledene in de Burgt Epoisses en verscheiden dorpen van de Bailluagie van Semur in Auxois. Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Overledene in de geheele Bailluagie van Semur in Auxois. Tafel van de Geborene Getrouwde Paaren en Gestorvene in de Bailluagie van Saulieu in Bourgonje. Vergelijking der sterfte in de Stad Parys en op het Land. Vergelijking van de sterf-lijsten in Frankrijk met de sterflijsten te Londen. Bijvoegzel op het hoofdstuk waarin gehandeld wordt van de klierachtige lighaamen die het zaadvogt der wijfjens bevatten Bijvoegzel op het hoofdstuk waarin gehandeld wordt van de verscheidenheid in de Voortteeling en van de Voortteeling van zelve. Bijvoegzel op het hoofdstuk waarin van de bevalling gehandeld wordt. Waarneeming omtrent eene laate geboorte. Waarneeming van eene zeer vroege geboorte. Bijvoegzel op het hoofdstuk van de kindsheid. I. Jonggeboren Kinderen welken men genoodzaakt is het tongriemtjen doortesnijden. II. Over het gebruik van Zwagtels en Keurslijven. III. Over den groei der Kinderen.- Bijvoegzel op het hoofdstuk over de Huwbaarheid. Bijvoegzel op de Beschrijving van den Mensch. I. Menschen van eene buitengewoone dikte. II. Reuzen. III. Dwergen. IV. Voedzel van den Mensch in verschillende lugtstreeken. Bijvoegzel op het Hoofdstuk over den Ouderdom en den Dood. Bijvoegsel op het Hoofdstuk over het Zintuig des Gezigts Bijvoegzel op het Hoofdstuk over het Zintuig van het Gehoor. Over de stem der Dieren. Over den graad van hitte welke de mensch en de dieren verdraagen kunnen Bijvoegzel op het Hoofdstuk ten opschriftvoerende verscheidenheden in het menschlijk geslagt. Over de kleur der Negers. Over de Dwergen van Madagaskar. Van de Patagoniers. Over de Amerikaanen. Eilanders yan da Zuid-zee. Bewooners van de Zuid-landen. Van de Blaffards en Witte Negers. Over de Monsters. Academische Redenvoeringen. Ontwerp van een andwoord aan den Heer de Coëtlosquet oud Bischop van Limoges bij zijne intrede inde Académie Françoise. Andwoord aan den Heer Watelet. Andwoord aan den Heer de la Condamine Andwoord aan den Heer Ridder de Chastelux. Andwoord aan den Heer Marschalk Hertog van Duras. Door den Heer de Buffon. Vertaald door J.D. Pasteur "A developing science depended on The Natural History of Man a work that was found to possess the functional capacity of extending the boundaries of knowledge. 'Buffon enlarged all the questions he touched on furthermore he created new questions' Flourens 1850:155. As soon as the 'varieties' and therefore the variations in man became the central issue to be elucidated the analysis of the biological and sociological mechanisms responsible for creating racial differences became more diversified. A discipline was thus created one that would rapidly differentiate between its objects of inquiry and its techniques of inquiry. It can be seen then that without any kind of break the Buffonian ideology of man retrospectively discovered a scholarly solution in what Thomas Kuhn called a 'disciplinary matrix' a hard kernel of statements principles deductive links and exemplary cases that allowed work on proofs to proceed within a framework of cumulative knowledge. At the origin of this process of'crystallization' there was neither the stroke of intuitive genius of a solitary scientist nor a 'great idea' divorced from its social pre-text. Instead there is a complex process whose contextual and biographical foundations as well as future academic and nationalistic issues are revealed by epistemological analysis." CLAUDE BLANCKAERT Buffon and the natural history of man: writing history and the 'foundational myth' of anthropology. HISTORY OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES 6/1 1993 pp.13-50 unknown
1776rif. 0886881776. 4 altkolorierte Kupferstiche aus Herrn von Buffons Naturgeschichte der Vögel. 1776: Die braune indianische Drossel Tafel CCCXL; Die weiss gekrönte Taube Tafel CLXXVII; Grüngeflügelte Taube Tafel CC; Die martinikische Taube Tafel CLXX; professionell u. geschmackvoll gerahmt unter lindgrünen Passepartouts mit Holzleisten. Sehr gut. 245 x 19 cm. Kupferstich. unknown
1788rif. M7032Paris 1788. Very Good;. Notes: An 18th century mapping of the Indian Ocean. This handsome sea chart depicts magnetic needle readings along various routes in the ocean from the Cape of Good Hope le Cap des Aiguilles to the South East Asian archipelago. Size : 511x583 mm 20.12x22.95 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Indian; unknown
1788rif. M6851Paris 1788. Very Good; laid on acid-free canvas for long-term preservation. Notes: This handsome sea chart depicts magnetic needle readings along various routes in the North Pacific ocean. Size : 590x1090 mm 23.23x42.91 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Pacific; Maps United States West; unknown
1788rif. M5521Paris 1788. Very Good folding map flattened and folds reinforced laid on acid free canvas for long term preservation. Notes: "Double hemispherical world map with each hemisphere shown on polar projection. Plate probably accompanied: Histoire naturelle generale et particulare / George Louis Leclerc Buffon. Paris 1749-1804. Plate "No. 8" of an 8 sheet map which was probably compiled from the reports of La Perouse’s last voyage in the Pacific and is by Jean-Charles Borda." National Library of Australia Digital Collection map-rm3253 Size : 480x940 mm 18.875x37 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: ; Maps Polar Antarctic Regions; Maps Polar Arctic Regions unknown
1788rif. M6850Paris 1788. Very Good; laid on acid-free paper for long-term preservation. Notes: This handsome sea chart that indicates magnetic needle readings along various routes through the Atlantic. Size : 850x532 mm 33.46x20.94 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Atlantic; unknown
rif. 2255A Lausanne: André Gonin 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. iv 140 1 iiipp. On Rives wove paper. Sheets loose as issued. Copy number XX of an edition limited to 250 copies signed by Erni and Gonin on the justification page. 0 A Lausanne: André Gonin, 1954 hardcover
rif. 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. 0 Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1785. hardcover
rif. 41331Glasgow: William Mackenzie. Margin: 276x182 mm. Very faint finger soiling in bottom right corner otherwise in very good condition. William Mackenzie unknown
1828rif. 7450G Virtue 1828. 1st edition thus. Hardback. Half calf VG. 352128pp colour frontis colour title page 29 coloured plates a few plates stained but generally in nice condition. Last Gather is NOT from this work - an error at the binders has included Aitkens biog of Charles Grey - Several of the the plates from the Buffon are missing. An odd combination! The plates are quite quaint. G Virtue hardcover
1828rif. 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. hardcover
1795rif. 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
1830rif. 6316Dordrecht 1830. Oblong 16mo 9 x 11 cm. J. Zender Original publisher's yellow printed paper wrappers. With engraved frontispiece in the first volume and 32 illustrations of animals on 8 engraved plates 2 in each volume all coloured by hand. 4 volumes. Each volume 64 pp. Rare second edition of a charming illustrated natural history book for children based on the works by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 here coloured by hand. Complete in four volumes it treats all sorts of animals. The first three volumes devoted to mammals treat the animals found in the home and on the farm wild animals and beasts of prey respectively. The fourth and last volume then treats some birds crawling animals insects fishes shells and coral.Some marginal thumbing and some occasional small spots or stains. Paper wrappers soiled and slightly worn along the spine.l Met rooie oortjes 81; NCC 3 copies; cf. Saakes V p. 91 1809 edition. unknown
rif. 118321Paris 1835. 2 tomes en 1 volume. 500 pages. 2 feuillets. 15x10cm. Demi-cuir. Couverture légèrement frottée. Dos à nerfs orné avec titre et tomaison en lettres dorées. Coins et coiffes un peu émoussés. Ces volumes publiés à Paris en 1835 représentent une extension significative de l'uvre originale de Buffon figure emblématique des Lumières françaises grâce à l'apport de Georges Cuvier éminent naturaliste de son époque. Alors que Buffon avait posé les bases de la zoologie moderne Cuvier enrichit cet héritage en intégrant des découvertes postérieures sur la faune encore inconnue du premier. Cette collaboration posthume illustre l'évolution des sciences naturelles au début du XIXe siècle marquant un pont entre le siècle des Lumières et les avancées scientifiques du XIXe siècle reflétant ainsi la continuité et l'expansion du savoir à travers les générations. À l'exception de quelques petites taches éparses bien conservé. Tomes XV et XVI seuls. Paris, 1835. unknown
1828rif. 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
1766rif. ABC_47564Dordrecht: Abraham Blussé 1766. Contemporary uniform half tanned sheepskin sewn on 5 supports gold-tooled spines each volume with author subject and part number on 2 green spine labels in the 2nd and 3rd of 6 compartments paste-paper sides. Large 4to. With more than 1100 hand-coloured engraved plates 10 maps 1 folding engraved table and an engraved portrait of Buffon by Houbraken with an extra-added plain portrait pasted on the verso. 38 parts in 21 volumes. Including:Volume 1: tome 1: Théorie de la Terre 2 plates tome 2: Histoire générale des animaux 8 plates tome 3: Histoire naturelle de l'homme 18 plates. Volume 2: tomes 4 & 5: Les Quadrupèdes 23 and 60 plates and an engraved table of dogs. Volume 3: tomes 6 & 7: Les Quadrupèdes 49 and 48 plates Volume 4: tomes 8 & 9: Les Quadrupèdes 54 and 41 plates.Volume 5: tomes 10 & 11: Les Quadrupèdes 57 and 45 plates.Volume 6: tomes 12 & 13: Les Quadrupèdes 60 and 62 plates.Volume 7: tomes 14 & 15: Les Quadrupèdes 60 and 16 plates.Volume 8: Supplément tomes I - II 17 plates.Volume 9: Supplément à l'histoire de l'homme et aux animaux quadrupèdes - tomes III-IV 6 and 67 plates.Volume 10: Supplément les époques de la natures - tomes V-VI 46 and 6 plates 10 maps.Volume 11: Supplément tome VII 74 plates Volume 12: Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux nouvelle édition tome 1: 29 platesVolume 13: Oiseaux: tomes 2 & 3: 27 & 31 platesVolume 14: Oiseaux: tomes 4 & 5: 28 & 22 platesVolume 15: Oiseaux: tomes 6 & 7: 25 & 31 platesVolume 16: Oiseaux: tomes 8 & 9: 39 & 31 plates. Volume 17: Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux nouvelle édition tomes 1 & 2; Volume 18: Minéraux: tomes 3 & 4; Volume 19: Minéraux: tome 5 traité de l'aimant et de ses usages.Volume 20: Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens nouvelle édition tome 1: 41 platesVolume 21: Quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens: tome 2: 22 plates Finely hand-coloured copy of the 1766-1799 Netherlands edition in French of Buffon's justly famous Histoire naturelle the complete first series covering the formation of the earth humans mammalian quadrupeds and apes reptiles and amphibians birds fishes and even minerals also describing the royal collection of Louis XV. Buffon's work presents ''for the first time a complete survey of natural history in popular form'' PMM. The present set in the works rarest and most expensive form is exquisite. The subscription notices periodically mention copies printed on fine paper but they do not mention hand-coloured copies. Landwehr discussing the first Dutch-language edition no. 46 by the same publisher cites contemporary sources referring to four forms of publication: on regular paper on large paper with hand-coloured plates and most expensive of all with hand-coloured plates and vignettes.Buffon opens the first volume with an essay called "Théorie de la terre" where "for the first time he outlines a satisfactory account of the history of our globe and of its development as a fitting home for living things. In his view the earth had been originally part of the sun which was broken off by the impact of a comet. It gradually condensed from its gaseous state and the forces shaping its continents and mountains are still active'' PMM. From his exhaustive research for the Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes Buffon came to the conclusion that it was necessary to reintroduce the notion of family. Breaking with the spirit of his time Buffon attempted to separate science from metaphysical and religious ideas. As a disciple of Locke he denied idealistic metaphysics stating that mental abstractions can never become principles of either existence or real knowledge; these can come only as the results of sensation'' DSB.Buffon did not believe in the fixity of species but proposed that nature is constantly changing. For instance in the case of quadrupeds he stated that there were 38 basic types that degenerated over the centuries. According to Buffon the monkey is a degenerated man the ass a degenerated horse. His interest in the precise connection between groups of animals that are obviously related prompted Buffon to devote much attention to comparative anatomy in the Histoire naturelle. He also stressed the importance of the study of earth sciences for botany and zoology. "Life and animation instead of being a metaphysical point in being is a physical property of matter" DSB. Buffon's views on the origin and development of species and the history of the earth show how he tried to describe natural phenomena by means of science discarding metaphysical and religious explanations. "He was the first to create an autonomous science free of any theological influence . and established the intellectual framework within which most naturalists up to Darwin worked" DSB.Buffon was assisted by the anatomist Louis Daubenton and others and the final volumes were completed after his death under the direction of Comte de Lacépède.With the owners name Sir George. Murray 1772-1846 on the half-title of most volumes. He was a Scottish soldier from a noble family who served in Flanders the West Indies Egypt and elsewhere eventually becoming quarter master general of Wellingtons staff in Spain and Portugal and reaching the rank of General. He was Knighted in 1813 held governorships of several colonies and the military college at Sandhurst along with leading posts at the Colonial Office where he helped establish the colony of Western Australia and served from 1823 as a member of the British parliament. With the bookplate of the German entrepreneur and bibliophile Hans Dedi 1918-2016. Lacking a few half-titles for example in the bird volumes 1 and 2 but otherwise in very good condition most of the plates fine with occasional stains and spots a few tears and repairs the binding also with some minor wear and repairs. A splendid copy of a seminal monument of natural history.l Landwehr Coloured plates 45 and 46 Dutch ed.; Nissen ZBI 678. Abraham Blussé, unknown
rif. 33343By George Louis le Clerc Count of Buffon ; translated from the French by W. Smellie. A new edition corrected and enlarged. To which is added a history of birds fishes reptiles and insects embracing the recent discoveries of eminent naturalists together with an account of the most curious foreign plants by Henry Augustus Chambers LL. D. London : Thomas Kelly 1866. Two volumes quarto full straight-grain green morocco with blind and gilt floriated borders spines in compartments with contrasting morocco title labels and gilt ornamentation headcaps renewed and hinges repaired engraved title page in the first volume alternatively titled History of the earth and animated nature exhibiting the delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country with a hand coloured engraving of a tiger by J. Webb pp. 682; viii index; 462; viii index folding hand coloured map of the world old miscreases 95 fine hand-coloured plates of birds mammals reptiles fish insects plants etc including the plates of the African Negro and the White Negro sometimes missing the portrait frontispiece of Count de Buffon not bound in a few short tears to the margins occasional light foxing a very good copy. A condensed English translation of Buffon's encyclopaedic Histoire Naturelle the superior edition with the plates vibrantly coloured by hand. Includes some Australian content such as a fine illustration of the emu. unknown
rif. ZOOL0484Troppau Traßler 1785. Die alt kolorierten Tafeln sehr gut erhalten. Beiliegend die Textseiten 117-331 des 2. Bandes. Aus der deutschen Ausgabe Die österr. Ausgabe d. deutschen Übersetzung d. berühmten u. sehr umfangreichen Standardwerks. Aus dem Französischen v. Bernhard Christian Otto übersetzt. [Troppau, Traßler 1785]. unknown
rif. ORNI0052Wien Schrämbl 1790. 376 S. 4 Bl. 48 handkolorierte Kupfertafeln neuer Pappbd. m. Steinmarmor-Bezugspapier Rückenschildchen Farbschnitt schwache Lichtspuren einige schwache Stockfleck. die Textseiten 369-376 nur fragmentarisch vorhanden Georges Louis Marie Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-1788 französischer Naturforscher der Aufklärung. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel war "Buffon". Wien, Schrämbl 1790. unknown
rif. 108458A Paris chez Solvet an IX. XII. 136 pages. 1 feuillet. 21x135 Cm. Bradel papier de l'époque. Dos lisse doré. Coins et coiffes émoussés. Plats et dos tachés. Deuxième édition sous son titre définitif augmentée des Réflexions sur la déclamation et l'Éloge d'Athanase Auger avec d'autres pièces de Hérault de Séchelles. C'est en 1785 comme il venait d'être nommé avocat général au Parlement de Paris que Hérault de Séchelles alla voir l'éminent savant à Montbard où il resta deux jours à observer et interroger son hôte. Dans cet récit piquant l'orateur à la mode dresse un portrait domestique et familier du vieil académicien d'une plume irrévérencieuse mais aussi chaleureuse où perce au-delà d'un persiflage affectueux une sincère admiration. Rousseurs traces de plis et quelques petits accrocs. Le feuillet 69/72 est dérelié mais bien complet de la correction manuscrite à la ligne 25. A Paris, chez Solvet, an IX. unknown
rif. NATW3141A Paris A La Libairie Stereotype De P. Didot L'Aine.Et Firmin Didot An VII. - 1799. 278 S. mit 28 Taf. 1 nn. Bl. mit verschlungenem Monogramm am Titelblatt P. D. Marmorierter heller Lederband d. Zeit Rückenschildchen u. Rückenverzierung sowie Zierrahmen d. Einbanddeckel goldgeprägt Vorsatz und Buchschnitt blau marmoriert Ecken u. Kanten bestoßen beschabt Rückenverzierung abgerieben Rücken vom Buchblock gelöst u. eingerissen Einbanddeckel gelockert Vorsätze leimschattig. Vorsatz u. mehrere Seiten etwas wasserrandig Seiten sonst durchgehend leicht gebräunt u. teilw. braunfleckig. Mit kleinem runden Papierschildchen mit Monogramm B S am vorderen Innendeckel. Warfare and the age of printing 1488. Querard 1558 - sechstes Bändchen der Stereotypausgabe der vierzehnbändigen die 'Vierfüßer' umfassenden Abteilung dieser dem Zoologen Etienne de Lacepede 1756-1825 gewidmeten 'Histoire Naturelle' des französischen Naturforschers Buffon 1707-1788 von welcher Lacepede auch die letzten Bände verfasst hatte. Die zahlreichen Tafeln zeigen die bekannten Tierabbildungen zu Buffons Werk nach Entwürfen des Illustrators Jean Louis Charles Pauquet 1759-1824. A Paris, A La Libairie Stereotype De P. Didot L'Aine...Et Firmin Didot An VII. - 1799. unknown
