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2007ref. 31125Paris Ellipses 2007 In-8 Préface de Jean Gayon - 479 pp - Ce livre retrace le développement historique de la théorie de l'évolution sous ses états successifs, de Buffon au transformisme de Lamarck, en passant par le catastrophisme de Cuvier, la théorie de la descendance de Darwin et Wallace, les lois de Mendel, la loi biogénique d'Haedkel, le néo-darwinisme de Weismann, le néo-lamarckisme de Cope, le mutationnisme de De Vries et Margan, la crise du transformisme en France, la théorie synthétique, ou néo-darwinisme des années quarante, la théorie de l'évolution est une théorie qui évolue... Avec les remises en cause majeures dues aux percées de la génétique, de la biologie moléculaire, à l'intégration essentielle de la biologie du développement, de l'approche cladistique en systématique, de l'écologie et du renouveau de la paléontologie, la thérorie de l'évolution s'oriente vers une nouvelle approche globale plus synthétique qiue jamais appelée souvent "Evo-Dévo" (Evolution-Développement). Aujourd'hui l'intégration des nouveaux concepts de la théroie physique de la relativité d'échelle permet d'envisager de nouveaux développements majeurs, notamment au niveau des contraintes physiques du vivant conditionnant en partie sa morphogenèse et son évolution. Ce livre analyse, d'une façon critique, les états successifs de la théorie de l'évolution des espèces, en montrant comment se sont mis en place les concepts. Il remet en question bien des idées reçues trop simplistes et nous livre les dernières clés de lecture, les dernières hypothèses, de ce phénomène auquel nous sommes nous-mêmes soumis
1979ref. SPN-245Le Creusot : Ecomusée, 1979. Revue thermocollée de 91 pages, annexes : Patrimoine industriel et culture technique, Éléments de bibliographie.
1844Ensemble en reliure uniforme de 8 forts volumes de format grand in 8°. Reliure en demi chagrin vert empire, titres dorés; impression sur deux colonnes. Buffon: Volume 1 et 2: Matières Générales et Théorie de La Terre, Minéraux; T.1; 1 frontispice-portrait, 782 pp., 5 cartes coloriées hors texte; T.II, 776 pp.; Volumes 3 et 4 Mammifères, T.1, 726 pp., 13 planches rehaussées; T.2, 784 pp., 29 planches rehaussées; Volumes 5 et 6 Oiseaux; T.I, 654 pp., 43 planches rehaussées; T.II, 730 pp., 26 planches aquarellées. Pour l'ouvrage de Lacépède; T.I, 668 pp., 22 planches rehaussées; T.II, 648 pp., 9 planches réhaussées. Au total un fontispice et 147 planches réhaussées à l'aquarelle sur papier fort et hors texte. Infime défaut à une coiffe du Lacépède. Sinon exemplaire en bel état avec les oeuvres de Lacépède jointes dans la même reliure. Quelques rousseurs quelques planches rousses mais ensemble très frais. Exemplaire désirable.
1802ref. cdb08zParis: Chez Deterville. G : in Good condition . Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Some neat hand written annotation. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library. 1802. Nouvelle Édition. Brown hardback leather cover. 140mm x 90mm 6" x 4". 360pp. 8 hand coloured plates by Deseve. . Chez Deterville hardcover
ref. $TC419.- Madrid. 1848. Mellado. 8º menor. 549 pgs. Plena piel hierros. Imperfecciones extremos de planos y superficiales en lomera y cubierta posterior. Hierros de lomera algo borradas. Firma anterior poseedor. Buen estado general. . . Geología / Minerales Mineralogía unknown
ref. 94345A Paris De L’Imprimerie Royale 1774. Hardback 6.5 x 4 inches. Full calf with gilt decorations and raised banding to spine. Marbled page edges. In very good. Chips to top end of spine and corners edges rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Another interesting little book safe. Title and first 22 pages retained at front. Hollowed section lined with original rear endpaper. A Paris, De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1774 hardcover
ref. 004117Paris: Chez Furne et Cie 1838 & 1839 36 pages of hand-colored plates with tissue guards. Most plates have two vignettes per plate some only one. All have colored background scenes. Some plates have even toning only a few have foxing most are clean and bright. 653 & 726 pp. Rebound in cloth with leather labels. Bookplate and rubber stamp on endsheets. Evidence of spine number removal. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. Chez Furne et Cie Hardcover
ref. 39993London A. Strahan T. Cadell and J. Murray 1792-3 Hardcover book in a Nine volume set Full leather bindings . The first English edition with 262 fine copper-engraved plates. With Preface notes and additions by the translator. A Good but worn set. Contents generally clean with only light foxing to contents and plates which are all present. Full leather bindings are rubbed and worn to edges and spines with wear and splits along foredge of spine leather. Title labels are present but again are rubbed and worn. The front cover of Volume 1 is detatched with other volume covers loose but still closely attached by the sewing. Armourial Bookplate of the Rev. M.P. LLoyd to front paste-down of each volume. Contemporary signature to title page of Volume 1. A Good set but with worn covers. Pictures available. London, A. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Murray, 1792-3 hardcover
1798ref. 017909Paris: Dufart VII-XIII 1798-1805. .nouvelle edition accompagnée de notes et dans laquelle les supplémens sont insérés dans le premier texte à la place qui leur convient. L'on y a ajouté l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes et des oiseaux découverts depuis la mort de Buffon celle des reptiles des poissons des insectes et des vers; enfin l'histoire des plantes dont se grand naturaliste n'a pas eu le tems de s'occuper. Ouvrage formant un cours complet d'Histoire naturelle redigé par C.S. Sonnini. 127 volumi 125x20 cm in bella legatura coeva in piena pelle marmorizzata cornice dorata ai piatti dorso liscio ornato e dorato con doppio tassello di titolo e tomagione. --Un volume con rilegatura rifatta a imitazione alcune cuffie mancanti o altri segni d'uso e del tempo ai margini e agli angoli. Risguardie marmorizzate testimoni. Set completo di questa famosa edizione con 1113 tavole quasi tutte colorate a mano e carte geografiche più circa 30 schemi di classificazione e tabelle. Qualche brunitura a macchia o fioriture ma bell'insieme di questa monumentale riedizione e aggiornamento dell'opera di Buffon. L'opera è così divisa: Théorie de la terre 3 tomes; Epoques de la Nature 1 tome; Histoire des Minéraux 12 tomes; Des Animaux 1 tome; De l'Homme 4 tomes; Quadrupèdes 13 tomes; des Singes 2 tomes;; des Oiseaux 28 tomes; Crustacés et Insectes 14 tomes; Mollusques 6 tomes; Reptiles 8 tomes; Plantes 18 tomes; Poissons 14 tomes; Tables analytiques 3 tomes. Non tutte le tavole sono numerate e a volte non sono in sequenza ma corrispondono al testo.Oltre al testo "classico" di Buffon sono assai importanti le integrazioni sulla base delle nuove scoperte scientifiche. Rettili e anfibi sono opera del Dudin con 100 tavole; i molluschi sono di Denis de Monfort con 72 tavole; uccelli e pesci sono sviluppati dal Sonnini; gli insetti da Latrelle. In sostanza i migliori studiosi degli anni a cavallo tra 7 e 8cento furono partecipi dell'opera rara da trovare così completa e in belle condizioni esterne. Dufart
ref. 3841705626.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. $A26632.- París. 1753. L Imprimerie Royale. 8º menor. 1 tomo. 235 pgs. Con 12 grabados fuera de texto relativos al asno y al toro. Plena piel tejuelo lomera cuajada. Imperfecciones y faltas extremos lomera y puntas. Aceptable estado. . . Ciencias Naturales / Naturaleza / Biología unknown
1776ref. 57023De L'Imprimerie Royale Paris. Very Good. 1776. Reprint. Hardcover. French-language text. Full calfskin five raised spine bands. Red stain to full textblock. Multicolored marbled endpapers. Boards very lightly bowed. Binding intact. Two blank endpapers before title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages . De L'Imprimerie Royale, Paris hardcover
1780ref. 45860A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale M. DCCLXXX 1780.- TOMO 11 XX495 p: Ilustrado bellamente con 15 finos grabados al cobre taille-douce a toda plana; 8º 173 x 105 cm; Buena impresión sobre papel verjurado; Cinta para guía de lectura; Sign. 10 A11 B-U12 X8; Texto en francés; Enc. en Plena Piel época Lomo dorado cortes marbreados.- Histoire Naturelle Générale et Parrticulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Tome Onzième. Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux.- Salvo unas leves marcas de oxidación en los márgenes superior e inferior de las 3 primeras hojas el libro presenta un excelente aspecto con el papel fuerte y blanco y los grabados impecables.- CONTIENE LAS SIGUIENTES ESPECIES DE PAJAROS: L'oiseau-mouche Le Colibri Le Perroquet Perroquets de l'ancien continent Les Kakatoes Les Perroquets proprement dits Les Loris Les Loris-perruches Perruches de l'ancien continent Perruches à queue longue et également étagée Perruches à queue longe et inégale de l'ancien continent Les Perruches à courte queue de l'ancien continent Perroquets du nouveau continent Les Aras Les Amazones et les Criks Les Perroquets-Amazones Les Criks Les Papagais Les Perriches Perriches du nouveau continent Perriches à longue queue et également étagée Perriches à queue longue et inégalement etagée Les Touis ou Perriches à queue courte Les Couroucous ou Couroucoais Le Couroucoucou Le Touraco. TODOS ESTOS PAJAROS por M. de Buffon / Le Coucou: Variétés du Coucou par M. de Montbeillard. INTERESANTE TOMO EN EL QUE SE DESCRIBEN LA MAYOR PARTE DE LAS ESPECIES DEL TIPO PSITACIFORMES loros periquitos cacatúas guacamayos etc. y los cucos al final. ZOOLOGÃA BIOLOGÃA ANIMAL ECOLOGÃA EN GENERAL Y MEDIO AMBIENTE Livre en français De l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
ref. 0282093095.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1988ref. 221588Paris: Editions du Museum 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover; 4to 343 pages. From the 'Memoires du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle''s Science de la Terre series. The 1988 reprint of the 1962 edition. White softcovers with orange and black decoration/titles. The pages are bright white and clean. VG Editions du Museum paperback
1831ref. 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
ref. #[42195]8300403 pag. half linnen. Illustrated with 50 lithographs 2 views of the Vesuvius. unknown
2026ref. 2020951Edizioni Terra Santa 2026. 1st. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Edizioni Terra Santa paperback
1781ref. 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 books
1783ref. 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 books
1939ref. 518125Paris: Les Freres Gonin 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition by this publisher. Folio. French-folded printed portfolio. 67 unbound pages laid into portfolio as issued. Illustrated profusely with engraved text vignettes decorative initials and six striking full-page engraved plates by Demetrius Emmanuel Galanis including an extra engraved title page. Text in French. A very fine copy in publisher's vellum-backed chemise and incomplete paper-covered slipcase. Limited to 225 numbered copies initialed by the printer in pencil as issued. An elusive publication. OCLC locates three holdings including a single American holding at the Library of Congress. Les Freres Gonin hardcover books
1791ref. 1229477Wien : Schrämbl, 1791. 424 S. , 24 farbige altkolorierte Kupferstiche. Halbleder.
1819ref. 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 books
1853ref. 189172Paris: Furne 1853. Hardcover. G Covers have general wear edge/corner damage Spines have some folding. Bookblocks have age toning Interior pages have age toning and foxing. French language text. Decorative cloth boards Black leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering on spine Vol 1 782 pgs. Vol 2 775 pgs. Furne hardcover books
1779ref. 1416934Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1779. Hardcover. Octavo xv 418 xlvi pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print raised bands. Boards in brown leather; light wear to spine caps and corners leather is dry cracking toned. Text block has red tinted edges marbled endpapers green ribbon marker; slight occasional foxing puckering to paper. Illustrated: b&w plates drawings. Text in French. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416934. FP New Rockville Stock. L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books