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Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
by BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v
"Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were 'Buffonians'"
― Ernst Mayer
The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, "Histoire Naturelle," was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that
"Buffon's order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science."
This beautiful five-volume German example features 17 impressive hand-colored engravings depicting the development of humankind and the human form!
Item number: #11178
Price: $795
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
Troppau : Joseph Georg Trassler, 1785.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
o Vol. 1 – 393 (i.e. 383), [1]
5 engraved plates
o Vol. 2 – 459, [1]
1 engraved plate
o Vol. 3 – 473, [3]
1 engraved plate
o Vol. 4 – 428
7 engraved plates
o Vol. 5 – 458, [2]
3 engraved plates
· Language: German
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11178
- Title
- Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
- Author
- BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Joseph Georg Trassler
- Place of Publication
- Troppau
- Date Published
- 1785
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5vrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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