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BUFFON (Georges-Louis LE A3166, comte de)
General and Particular History, with the description of the King's Cabinet. Amsterdam, Schneider, 1746-74.
9 volumes in-4 : Tomes 1 and 2 : Theory of the Earth = 12 plates (8+4) / Tomes III and IV : Natural history of Man - History of quadruped animals = 40 plates (18+22) / Tomes V and VI : History of Quadrupedal Animals = 111 plates (55+56) / Tomes VII and VIII: History of Quadrupedal Animals = 101 plates (48+53) / Tomes IX and X: History of Quadrupedal Animals = 96 plates (39+57) / Tomes XI and XII: History of quadruped animals = 105 plates (45+60) / Tomes XIII and XIV: History of quadruped animals = 122 plates (62+60) / Tomes XV and XVI: History of quadruped animals (end) - Natural history of birds = 45 plates (16+29) / Tomes XVII and XVIII: History of minerals - Experimental and hypothetical part = 6 plates (6+0)
Contemporary marbled fawn basane, 4 covers torn off, cold fillet framing the boards, spotting, double gilt fillet on the edges, marbled edges. Attached : FAUJAS SAINT-FOND : Essai de Géologie ou Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle. Paris, Patris, 1803. In-8, 493pp. (volume I only). Contemporary brown basane, smooth spine decorated, black title.
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BUFFON (Georges-Louis LE A3166, comte de)
General and Particular History, with the description of the King's Cabinet. Amsterdam, Schneider, 1746-74.
9 volumes in-4 : Tomes 1 and 2 : Theory of the Earth = 12 plates (8+4) / Tomes III and IV : Natural history of Man - History of quadruped animals = 40 plates (18+22) / Tomes V and VI : History of Quadrupedal Animals = 111 plates (55+56) / Tomes VII and VIII: History of Quadrupedal Animals = 101 plates (48+53) / Tomes IX and X: History of Quadrupedal Animals = 96 plates (39+57) / Tomes XI and XII: History of quadruped animals = 105 plates (45+60) / Tomes XIII and XIV: History of quadruped animals = 122 plates (62+60) / Tomes XV and XVI: History of quadruped animals (end) - Natural history of birds = 45 plates (16+29) / Tomes XVII and XVIII: History of minerals - Experimental and hypothetical part = 6 plates (6+0)
Contemporary marbled fawn basane, 4 covers torn off, cold fillet framing the boards, spotting, double gilt fillet on the edges, marbled edges. Attached : FAUJAS SAINT-FOND : Essai de Géologie ou Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle. Paris, Patris, 1803. In-8, 493pp. (volume I only). Contemporary brown basane, smooth spine decorated, black title.
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