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1774Best.-Nr. F8M97DYNZ8OAParis 1774. 4to. Imprimerie Royale 1774-1782 vols. 1-6; Dordrecht A. Blussé and son Contemporary mottled calf gold-tooled spine and board edges vols. 1-6 uniform 19th-century half calf shell marbled sides gold-tooled spine vol. 7. With an illustration vignette or ornament on each title-page woodcut for vols. 1-6 engraving for vol. 7 5 engraved headpieces 2 folding engraved maps "Carte de la chaine des montagnes de Langres" and "Carte des deux regions polaires" 218 plates full-page and folding and including 2 bis all engraved some arithmetic calculations and tables in text woodcut head- and tailpieces. 7 volumes. The complete supplements to Buffon's famous Histoire naturelle with the first 6 volumes in the first edition and the last volume in the new edition published in Amsterdam and Dordrecht the only quarto edition to rival the original French Imprimerie Royale edition.Supplements I II and V contain additions and corrections to Buffon's essay "Théorie de la terre" in which he'' He extrapolated the results of his experiments . . . in order to calculate the time required for the cooling of the earth and other planets'' DSB. Additionally he provides introductions to the history of mineral resources and vegetation in the first and second supplement volumes respectively . The Époques de la nature Supplément V presents a plutonian history of the earth. "This work is of considerable interest because it offers a history of nature combining geology with biology and particularly because of Buffon's attempt to establish a universal chronology'' DSB. It also contains a great deal of mineralogical material he elaborated on in his Histoire naturelle des mineraux. Other volumes contain additions to the quadrupeds and human species section The bindings show some scratches and minor wear but are structurally sound volume 5 with a few water stains in blank corners and on the polar region map. The complete Suppléments to Buffon's masterpiece in very good condition.l Bertin et al. Buffon Paris 1952 especially p. 235; DSB II pp. 576-581; Nissen ZBI 672 678; PMM 198. unknown
Best.-Nr. 51-3441Paris: de l'imprimerie royale 1755. 4to. Old calf. 4 311 1 pp. 52 plates of animals. Ill. d'une table de l'ordre des chiens et de 52 planches. Galerie de vers marg. Rel. de l'époque en veau marbré usé dos doré coins et coiffes usés gardes marbrées tranches rougesL'étude détaillée de différents animaux brebis chèvre cochon chien bélier présentés vivants puis disséqués avec insistance sur les divers organes de reproduction et leur squelette. Réf. Nissen ZBI 6 Paris: de l'imprimerie royale, 1755 unknown
1783Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1791Best.-Nr. 7169Madrid: viuda de Joaquín Ibarra 1791. Second edition. Hardcover Tapa dura. 204x135mm. 8x5¼". Madrid viuda de Ibarra 1791-1805. En 4º menor 204 x 135mm. 21 volúmenes. 487 láminas coloreadas a mano de época. Encuadernación uniforme en piel de época lomera con adornos dorados y dos tejuelos en marroquén. Segunda edición impresa sobre buen papel de hilo ilustrada con 487 láminas grabadas y coloreadas a mano en la época. Se trata de una enciclopedia incluye todo el saber de la época concerniente a las ciencias naturales. La Historia Natural publicada en los albores de la Ilustración tuvo una profunda influencia en el pensamiento científico de la época y en el de las subsecuentes generaciones sobre todo en las ideas de otros grandes naturalistas como Charles Darwin o Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. viuda de Joaquín Ibarra hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017345Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 44 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017342Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 60 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017339Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 41 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017349Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 62 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017344Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 56 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017341Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 42 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017348Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 63 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017338Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 57 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017340Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 59 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017343Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 61 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017347Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 40 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
1799Best.-Nr. 017346Paris: De F. Bufart 1799. Vol. 43 of a 127 Volume Set. Book is dated "A N X" The tenth year of the revolution 1799 at the bottom of the title page. Full mottled calf with red and black label on the spine gilt spine is chipped and worn and it has been expertly relaid original endpapers numerous black & white tissue guarded plates of birds. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon September 7 1707 April 16 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Darwin himself in his foreword to the 6th edition of the Origin of Species credited Aristotle with foreshadowing the concept of natural selection but also stated that "the first author who in modern times has treated it in a scientific spirit was Buffon". The Lycée Buffon in Paris is named after him. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. De F. Bufart Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
1795Best.-Nr. 64067Lausanne. 1795. Highly decorative engraving of the exotic bird by Buffon a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Le Comte de Buffon was struck by the diversity of life and was not content with existing explanations of the natural world. 100 years before Darwin Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world was considering common ancestry of man and apes. Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière Oiseaux. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Mounted size: 380 x 320 mm Fine condition. unknown
1819Best.-Nr. 1350038Paris: Chez Chevalier 1819. Hardcover. Octavos two volumes; G; Early black glossy spine with faded gilt lettering and gilt graphic designs; Boards have moderate bumping and wear to corners cracking to gloss finish along hinges of both volumes moderate wear to applied gilt graphics and lettering and light shelfwear overall; Textblocks have light shelfwear to bottom edges light foxing to pages near beginning and end of each volume and light age-toning overall; The ex libris of a former owner appears on the front paste-down of each volume; Illustrated; Volumes III and IV only; CONTENTS: Vol. III. Contains 32 fold-out plates including frontispiece / iii 264 pages 2 -- Vol. IV. Contains 31 fold-out plates including frontispiece / 6 263 pages 2;. 1350038. Special Collections - Downstairs. Chez Chevalier hardcover
1827Best.-Nr. 15481Société de Paris Paris 1827 1827. priv. Pappband 2 Bände 300 396s 49 Tafeln einige Seiten fleckig und mit Knickspuren sonst in gutem Zustand AZC91 . . HC Société de Paris, Paris 1827, hardcover
1795Best.-Nr. 64078Lausanne. 1795. Highly decorative engraving of the exotic bird by Buffon a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Le Comte de Buffon was struck by the diversity of life and was not content with existing explanations of the natural world. 100 years before Darwin Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world was considering common ancestry of man and apes. Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière Oiseaux. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Mounted size: 380 x 320 mm Fine condition. unknown
1795Best.-Nr. 64070Lausanne. 1795. Highly decorative engraving of the exotic bird by Buffon a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Le Comte de Buffon was struck by the diversity of life and was not content with existing explanations of the natural world. 100 years before Darwin Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world was considering common ancestry of man and apes. Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière Oiseaux. Size: 210 x 180 mm. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Mounted size: 380 x 320 mm Fine condition. unknown
1795Best.-Nr. 64068Lausanne. 1795. Highly decorative engraving of the exotic bird by Buffon a French naturalist mathematician biologist cosmologist and author. Le Comte de Buffon was struck by the diversity of life and was not content with existing explanations of the natural world. 100 years before Darwin Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world was considering common ancestry of man and apes. Histoire naturelle : générale et particulière Oiseaux. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Mounted size: 380 x 320 mm Fine condition. unknown
