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Best.-Nr. B9781108023009Paperback / softback. New. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707-88 was a leading French naturalist. These volumes first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793 contain Buffon's description of various bird species and provide the first comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 3 covers corvids and some tropical birds. paperback
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2026Best.-Nr. LRB36009467Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 510 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1791. Text in English. This reprint offers a faithful reproduction of Buffon's seminal work on natural history originally published in 1791. The text explores the classification and study of natural phenomena reflecting the Enlightenment's scientific advancements. A foundational text for historians of science and naturalists. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1795Best.-Nr. 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
1795Best.-Nr. 132950R. Morison and Son Booksellers; J. Ogle; W. Coke; J. Gilles; Grash and Reid; J. Burnet; Vernor and Hood 1795. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Leather hardcover with red panel gilt lettering and decorations to spine; 209 & 184 page; b&w illustrations. Fair condition only: front joint splitting; heavy wear to binding but it is all together; Amelia Biles penned her name inside; part of foldout plate 30 is missing otherwise pages are pretty nice. R. Morison and Son, Booksellers; J. Ogle; W. Coke; J. Gilles; Grash and Reid; J. Burnet; Vernor and Hood Hardcover
1791Best.-Nr. DBZ1024The System of Natural History written by the celebrated Buffon carefully abridged; with additional extracts from other writers. By M. de Buffon. Perth: R. Morrison 1791 bound with The Natural History of Insects compiled from Swammerdam Brookes Goldsmith &c. Perth: R. Morrison 1792. Leather over boards. pp vol I 2 blank frontispiece i title page iii-x 211 with 16 numbered and 6 un-numbered plates; vol. II 1 title page 184 with 23 numbered plates; 1 title page 2 contents 210 with 20 numbered plates. 8.5 x 5.5 inches approx. 217mm x 136mm. Bears the armorial bookplate of John Jeane Coney. Later full leather binding with gilt decoration to spine and gilt tooling to edges. Binding somewhat worn cracking to hinges front hinge split to lower and upper but holding firm; partial loss of label. Front free endpaper holed to upper margin; occasional light foxing but generally pages and plates remarkably clean throughout. Overall showing wear to binding but otherwise a nice clean copy. International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country. R. Morrison hardcover
1770Best.-Nr. 6201Paris l: Imprimerie Royale 1770-86. Engraved plate with original hand-colour approx 25.5 x 21 cms from Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux. Print Imprimerie Royale unknown
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1788Best.-Nr. 48877à Paris: De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi 1788. Fine. De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi à Paris 1788 20 x 25.50 cm relié First edition of this treatise published following the four volumes whose editorial dates run from 1782 for the first volume to 1788 for the last namely the Traité de l'aimant which is therefore often missing from the series. Contemporary full red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Title and volume labels in black morocco. Triple fillet frame on covers. Roulette on leading edges and board-edges. Gilt edges. Domino paper with gilt stars. Corners rubbed. Very handsome copy perfectly bound in a master binding very fresh. The Traité de l'aimant is the last work published during the author's lifetime and closes the Histoire naturelle whose edition spanned fifty years and which enjoyed success comparable to Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. The treatise proper is followed by numerous tables of observations on the inclination of the magnetic needle with the names of travelers and navigators in the southern and northern hemispheres according to different latitudes. The treatise begins with an exposition of magnetic and electric forces. De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi hardcover
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1977Best.-Nr. x-2705658734Hermann 1977. Paperback. New. 200 pages. French language. 8.27x5.98x0.55 inches. Hermann paperback
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