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Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de. General history of nature in all its particular parts, together with a description of the natural history collection ... of the King of France. (Translated by Zink and Kästner). Parts 1-8 (2 volumes each) in 8 volumes. With 16 (partly repeated) engraved title vignettes, several text vignettes, 577 partly folded copper plates, 2 folding tables and 2 engraved folding maps. Hamburg and Leipzig, Grund and Holle, 1750-74. 25.5 x 20 cm. Mottled leather bindings of the period with gilt-stamped spine titles on black ground and spine fillets (spine lightened, a few scuff and worm marks as well as water stains). First German edition. - Nissen, ZBI 709 - Anker 79 - Fromm 4272 - This "large" edition of Buffon contains the natural history of man and the "four-footed" animals (mammals) in addition to the description of the King of France's natural history chamber. - Volumes 9 to 11 on birds with 146 copper plates were also published. - Volumes 1 and 2 with a preface by Alfred von Haller (spine title "von Haller" throughout). The last volume with a main index of the first eight parts and an index of the copper plates. - Evenly faintly browned, fine set. VAT: *

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Biology - Zoology - Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc de. General history of nature in all its particular parts, together with a description of the natural history collection ... of the King of France. (Translated by Zink and Kästner). Parts 1-8 (2 volumes each) in 8 volumes. With 16 (partly repeated) engraved title vignettes, several text vignettes, 577 partly folded copper plates, 2 folding tables and 2 engraved folding maps. Hamburg and Leipzig, Grund and Holle, 1750-74. 25.5 x 20 cm. Mottled leather bindings of the period with gilt-stamped spine titles on black ground and spine fillets (spine lightened, a few scuff and worm marks as well as water stains). First German edition. - Nissen, ZBI 709 - Anker 79 - Fromm 4272 - This "large" edition of Buffon contains the natural history of man and the "four-footed" animals (mammals) in addition to the description of the King of France's natural history chamber. - Volumes 9 to 11 on birds with 146 copper plates were also published. - Volumes 1 and 2 with a preface by Alfred von Haller (spine title "von Haller" throughout). The last volume with a main index of the first eight parts and an index of the copper plates. - Evenly faintly browned, fine set. VAT: *

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GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COUNT OF BUFFON (Montbard, France, 1707-Paris,1788). "Natural history." Complete works. 58 Volumes. Printer; A. Bergnes y Ca. Barcelona. 1841. In good condition with Spanish paper covers and engravings. Measurements: 15 x 9.5 x 3 cm (x27). Lot of 27 volumes and 58 volumes that collects the complete works of natural history written by Count Buffon. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called Jardin des plantes. Buffon's works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two leading French scientists, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime, and additional volumes based on his notes and research were published in the two decades following his death. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Buffon was truly the father of all natural history thought in the second half of the eighteenth century." Although he was one of the first naturalists to recognize ecological succession, the theology committee of the University of Paris forced him to retract his theories on geological history and animal evolution because they contradicted the biblical account of Creation. In good condition with Spanish paper covers and engravings.

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SET of 3 pieces: Georges Leclerc de BUFFON, Victor HUGO, Céleste de CHATEAUBRIAND (correspondence).

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