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BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc.
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BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc.
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Description
BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc.
General and Particular Natural History.
Paris: Printed by F. Dufart, Year VIII [1799]–1808.
122 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary fawn-coloured tortoiseshell sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with iron-bound panels and gilded motifs, green title and volume number labels, yellow edges, endpapers of contemporary handmade paper (excluding volumes 6 and 7 of the Reptiles and the 3 volumes of Tables; minor signs of wear to the bindings throughout, but a good copy).
A collection of 122 volumes from Buffon’s *Histoire naturelle* series in attractive contemporary bindings.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author and numerous black copperplate engravings.
It comprises:
Theory of the Earth (3 vols.) Epochs of Nature (1 vol.) Minerals (12 vols.) History of Animals (2 vols.) History of Man (3 vols.) Quadrupeds (13 vols.) Monkeys (2 vols.) Birds (28 vols.) Reptiles (6 out of 8 vols., vols. 1–5 and 8) Molluscs (6 vols.) Crustaceans and Insects (14 vols.) – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Fishes (13 vols.) Cetaceans (1 vol.) Plants (18 vols.)
Modern ex libris stamps in violet ink: L. Forqueray and the Malpeyre stamp by Brioude / Haute-Loire depicting a castle (the Château de Malpeyre, situated in the commune of Lubilhac) in violet ink (usually on the half-title page).
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