Buffon

Buffon, G.L. de

1775 [4], 564, xxxiv p., engraved title-page, large vignette, 4to, contemporary calf (covers missing). Library stamps on blank endpaper.

Buffon, G.L. de

1778 lxvi, 582 p., engraved title-page (but missing the 6 pls), 4to, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt (joints and extremities worn, rebacked). Faint waterstain in lower right corner.

Buffon, G.L. de

1774 [6], 612 p., 2 pls, 2 maps, 3 charming vignettes, 4to, full marbled hcalf, spine gilt (spine worn, front cover detached, back cover missing).

Buffon, G.L. de

1776 [4], 603 p., 8 pls, 2 charming vignettes, 4to, full marbled hcalf, spine gilt (extremities worn, joints weak). This volume treats general natural history questions (mainly reproduction) and the human natural history.

Buffon, G.L. de

1776-1778 177, lxvi, 582 p., engraved title-page (volume 5), 6 engraved pls (depicting siamese twins, cyclope, albinos), 1 charming vignettes, 4to, disbound (no covers). Marbled edges. Part of volume 4 with his own ‘’half-title’’ to the section on the natural history of man, and the complete volume 5. Part of the richly gilt spines remain but the covers and endpapers are missing. The plates are a little gruesome but beautifully made on thick paper.

Buffon, G.L. de

1774 [4], 542, xxviii, [1] p., 16 (1 folded) pls, one charming vignette, 4to, full marbled hcalf, spine gilt (extremities worn, front cover detached). The plates depict scientific instruments.

Buffon, G.L. de

1774 [4], 542, xxviii, [1] p., 16 (1 folded) pls, one charming vignette, 4to, full marbled hcalf, spine gilt (extremities worn, joints weak). Library stamp on first blank end paper. The plates depict scientific instruments.

Buffon, G.L. de

1817 (5th ed.) 4 vols. Vol. 1. Cosmographie et Quadrupèdes. Vol 2. Quadrupèdes et Oiseaux. Vol. Poissons (and invertebrates). Vol. 4. Végétaux et Minéraux. xiv, 1531 p., 57 pls, contemporary marbled full calf, spine gilt, red label. This edition by Le Prieur, Paris and edited by Pierre Blanchard. Attractive set.

Buffon, G.L. de

1791 (3rd ed.) xx, 514 p., 2 engraved folded maps, portrait of Buffon (foxed), contemporary full speckled calf, spine gilt with black label. Wear on upper end of spine. Ex libris (bookplate) of the Earl of Guilford, Wroxton Abbey.

Buffon, G.L. de

1791 (3rd ed.) [2], 517 p., 8 engraved pls, contemporary full speckled calf, spine gilt with black label. Outer ends of spine worn, joints weak. Ex libris (bookplate) of the Earl of Guilford, Wroxton Abbey.

Buffon, G.L. de

n.d. (ca. 1855) 586, 621 p., 20, 19 hand-coloured pls, paperbound (back broken). Text waterstained in vol. 6 (not affecting the plates), and marginal waterstain in first and last pages of vol. 7 (not affecting the plates). Page 7/8 of volume 6 in xerox. This edition was annotated by P. Flourens. These two volumes include many singing bird species, Kolibris, Parrots, Kingfishers, Birds of Paradise etc., and has beautiful hand coloured illustrations.

Buffon, G.L. de

1835 421, [5], 455 p., 51, 64 engraved plates, original printed paper-covered boards (not uniform and extremities worn). Previous owner’s name on verso front cover.As the systematic position changed the plates are not bound in the former numerical order. These two volumes include and depict: woodpeckers, owls, phaesants and quails, birds of paradise, pigeons (and the dodo), Colibris, Parrots, and many songbirds.

Buffon, G.L. de [A. Dubois ed.]

n.d. (ca. 1870-1880) 645, [1] p., numerous figures and plates, frontispiece, contemporary black quarter morocco, spine gilt and with pebbled covers, edges gilt. Corners somewhat worn.

Buffon, G.L. de & Daubenton

1766-1785 Vols 1-15 + supplements 1-6; [62], xlviii, 4503 p., 743 (6 folding) pls, 4 (1 double, 1 folding) maps, portrait, 4to (24.5 x 29.5 cm), contemporary paper-covered boards (spines and extremeties worn). Uncut copy. The complete mammal section (+ preliminary volumes) of the scarce Schneider (Amsterdam) edition (in French, not in Dutch as is often the case). A good sound set with large margins.

BUFFON G.-L. L. COMTE DE, CUVIER GEORGES

P. Duménil, Paris. 1826. In-8. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 480 + 394 pages. 2 tomes en 1 volume. Illustré de gravures en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Dos manquant.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle

Augmentées de la classification de G. CUVIER et accompagnées de 700 vignettes gravées sur acier, représ. au moins 900 animaux. Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle

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Sablons, France

Buffon, G.-L. L. Comte de, et G. Cuvier

P. Duménil, éditeur In-8 Demi-cuir Paris

Bon Paginations diverses. 9 volumes, 1835-1836. 342 planches. Réparation au mors du tome 1 et restaurations à quelques dos. Bel état général pour ce classique de l'histoire naturelle.

Librairie Bonheur d'occasion

BUFFON G.-L. L. COMTE DE, Par Le Cte de LACEPEDE

Rapet et Cie, Paris. 1818. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 712 pages. Pièce de titre rouge sur le dos. Auteur, titre, tomaison, initiales (I.L.), fleurons, bandeaux et filets dorés sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 551-Géologie

Nouvelle édition ornée de nouvelles et superbes figures. Oeuvres mises en ordre, précédées d'une Notice sur la vie de l'auteur, et suivies d'un Discours intitulé: 'Vue générale des progrès de plusieurs branches ds Sciences naturelles repuis le milieu du dernier siècle', par M. le Comte de Lacépède. Tome III: Matières générales. Pierres et minéraux. Classification Dewey : 551-Géologie

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BUFFON G.-L. L. COMTE DE, Par Le Cte de LACEPEDE

Rapet et Cie, Paris. 1818. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Manque en coiffe de tête, Intérieur frais. 493 pages. Pièce de titre rouge sur le dos. Auteur, titre, tomaison, initiales (I.L.), fleurons, bandeaux et filets dorés sur le dos. Manques sur le cuir du 1er plat et petits manques en coiffe de pied.. . . . Classification Dewey : 590-Zoologie

Nouvelle édition ornée de nouvelles et superbes figures. Oeuvres mises en ordre, précédées d'une Notice sur la vie de l'auteur, et suivies d'un Discours intitulé: 'Vue générale des progrès de plusieurs branches ds Sciences naturelles repuis le milieu du dernier siècle', par M. le Comte de Lacépède. Tome VIII: Quadrupèdes. De la Girafe au Lamantin. Classification Dewey : 590-Zoologie

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Sablons, France

BUFFON G.-L. L. COMTE DE, Par M. A. RICHARD

Administration de Librairie, Paris. 1845. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 19 tomes d'env. 400-500 pages chacun. Tome XIX manquant. Sans illustrations. Dos le plus souvent très abîmés, avec manques importants. Certains plats et cahiers se détachant, ou détachés. Texte frais et bien lisible. Début du tome XII très abîmé, avec fortes mouillures et manques en bords de pages, sans altération de la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 508-Histoire naturelle

Oeuvres revues par M. A. Richard, Professeur à la faculté de Médecine de paris. Avec la Classification comparée de CUVIER, LESSON, et des Extraits de DAUBENTON. Classification Dewey : 508-Histoire naturelle

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"BUFFON, (G.L.L. DE).

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1761. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf, spine and boards worn. (4), 376 pp. With engraved vignette on titlepage and 41 full-page engraved plates, many folding. Plate 16 torn.

Volume 9 in the first edition. Plates describing lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas, &c. Buffon is best remembered for his great work Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-788: in 35 volumes, 9 additional volumes published after his death by Lacépède). It included everything known about the natural world up until that date. ""Written in a brilliant style, this work was read... by every educated person in Europe."" Those who assisted him in the production of this great work included Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. His Histoire was translated into many different languages, making him one of the most widely read authors of the day, equaling Rousseau and Voltaire.

Herman H. J. Lynge & Son

Copenhagen, Danemark

"BUFFON, (G.L.L.) & LACEPEDE, (B.G.E.).

Paris, l' Imprimerie Royale, Plassan, 1749 - 1789. 4to (262 x 205 mm). Uniformly bound in 32 contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Leather tome- and title-labels to all volumes. Edges of boards gilt. Light wear to extremities primarily affecting head and foot of spines, corners bumped. Internally with light occassional, marginal brownspotting, but generally fine. With ""J. Collin"" (Danish zoologist Jonas Collin) to top margin of most front free end-papers. An overall nice set comprising the following:Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (15 vols) - 578 plates and 2 maps.Supplément à l'Histoire naturelle (6 vols) - 141 plates and 2 maps.Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux (9 vols) - 257 plates.Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens (2 vols) - 66 plates. A total of 1042 plates and 4 maps. Wanting the portrait. The complex collation of this work has not been accurately described by bibliographers. Nissen and Heilbrun differ in the listing of number of plates and misname the descriptions of the plates.

First edition of this extensive landmark work in natural science. After his death several other volumes were published making the total number of volumes 44. Together with Diderot's Encyclopaedia, this work represents the peak of book printing of the French enlightenment. Buffon was the first to sum up an entire natural history, based on science instead of theology"" It constitutes one of the first attempts to provide a comprehensive account of the natural world aiming at describing the entire known natural world - including plants, animals, and minerals - in a single work. Buffon based his work on first-hand observations and scientific analysis, rather than on second-hand accounts or mythological beliefs, making it a seminal work in the development of modern science. ""Buffon's ""Natural History, General and Particular"" presented for the first time a complete survey of natural history in a popular form [...] he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation. In 1739, he was appointed Director of the Jardin du Roi (now Jardin des Plantes). It would appear that the 'Natural History germinated in the preparation of a catalogue of the royal collection. Buffon then enlarged its scope to Aristotelian or Plinian proportions and finally transformed it into a conspectus of nature of a breadth and depth previously unknown"". […] he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation."" (PMM). Buffon's work had a significant impact upon the field of natural history and influenced many other scientists, including Charles Darwin"" In a part of the work, (""Des Epoqeus de la Nature"" (Supplement vol. V, 1778, present here)), Buffon attacked several Christian doctrines on natural science. He saw man as a part of the animal world, he objected to earth being only 6000 years old, and he dismissed a rigid classification system thus paving the way for Darwin's thoughts a century later:""Georges Buffon set forth his general views on species classification in the first volume of his Histoire Naturelle. Buffon objected to the so-called ""artificial"" classifications of Andrea Cesalpino and Carolus Linnaeus, stating that in nature the chain of life has small gradations from one type to another and that the discontinuous categories are all artificially constructed by mankind. Buffon suggested that all organic species may have descended form a small number of primordial types"" this is an evolution predominantly from more perfect to less perfect forms."" (Parkinson, Breakthroughs). ""Buffon's work is of exceptional importance because of its diversity, richness, originality, and influence. Buffon was among the first to create an autonomous science, free of any theological influence. He emphasized the importance of natural history and the great length of geological time. He envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of paleontology, zoological geography, and animal psychology. He realised both the necessity of transformism and its difficulties. Although his cosmogony was inadequate and his theory of animal reproduction was weak, and although he did not understand the problem of classification, he did establish the intellectual framework within which most naturalists up to Darwin worked."" (DSB) From the library of Danish zoologist Jonas Collin (1840-1905), who issued a new edition of Kjærbølling's ""The Birds of Scandinavia"" in 1875-1877 (See Anker 251) - a work most likely inspired by his knowledge from his (i.e. the present) copy of Buffon's ""Histoire Naturelle"".The 'Histoire Générale' was widely reprinted and translated. Sometimes only individual sections were produced, other times the complete work appeared. PMM 198.Nissen 672.Brunet I, 376.Dibner 193.Sparrow p. 23.Anker 6.

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Copenhagen, Danemark

BUFFON , G.-L Le Clerc, Comte de):

Paris, Administration de librairie, 1851, in-8vo, Frontispice portrait de l’auteur + Frontispice (3 en couleurs) + 4 cartes dépl + 110 planches (100 en couleurs), reliures en d.-cuir, dos ornés or.

20 volumes en demi reliure, 8 planches d'animaux domestiques (vol 10), 26 planches d'animaux sauvages (vol. 11 à 14), 50 planches d'oiseaux (vol 15 à 20); légères rousseurs dans le texte, planches d'illustrations saines; ensemble en bon état. Image disp.

Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

Fribourg, Suisse

BUFFON G.L. Leclerc de

Recueil de ce que ce grand écrivain offre de plus remarquable sous le rapport de la pensée et du style.Par A. Rolland. Ouvrage approuvé pour les écoles publiques par décision de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique.Quatorzième édition suivie du discours sur le style.Paris, Delalain - non daté (1879) - XII et 228 pages. Quelles vignettes dans le texte.Cartonnage avec dos toile noire. Plats imprimés, étiquette de titre au dos. Pas de rousseur. Bon état. Format in-12°(18x11).

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Sèvres, France

BUFFON G.L. Leclerc de

Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux. 9 volumes, par M. le comte de Buffon, intendant du jardin et du cabinet du roi, de l'académie Françoise, et de celle des sciences, etc....Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale de 1783-1788.Tome IX : Traité de l'aimant et de ses usages. Paris de l'imprimerie des bâtiments du roi.Reliure demi veau de l'époque. Dos lisse avec pièces de titre et de tomaison. Cuir manquant sur la partie supérieure du dos sur 2 volumes. Quelques rousseurs sur le tome IX. Pas de rousseur sur les autres volumes. Bon état inérieur. Format in-12°(17x10).

BUFFON Georges Louis Leclerc de

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Sèvres, France

BUFFON G.L. Leclerc de

Tome 3. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Par M. le Comte de Buffon, Intendant du Jardin & du Cabinet de Roi, de l'Académie Françoise, de celle des Sciences, etc.A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale - 1775 - 502 pages - 30 planches hors texte sur 31 - Table des Matière xcvj pages. Manque la planche XIX.Reliure plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à nerfs orné et doré avec pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin rouge. Tranches marbrées. Triple filet doré encadrant les plats. Accident à la coiffe sup. Rares rousseurs. Bon état. Format in-4°(26x20).

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