1835 Works of Buffon (Oeuvres Completes de Buffon) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon - 1835: Matieres Generles

Oeuvres Completes de Buffon Avec Les Supplemens, Augmentees de la Classification de G. Cuvier, Tomes I-IV, Matieres Generles, Published by P. Dumenil, Paris, MDCCCXXXV (1835) ---- The Complete Works of BuffonWith Supplements, Added Classifications by G. Cuvier, Volumes 1-4, General Matters, Published by P. Dumenil, Paris, French Text, Leather Spines, Marbles Boards, Engraving Illustrations ----- Very Good Antiquarian Condition. The books are clean, covers attached, secure bindings, unmarked, no writing, no stains, no ripped pages, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Visible surface wear from age, use, storage and handling including some minor rubbing and chipping to the boards, foxing, spotting, and light fading to the inner pages. Please review pictures for greater detail. Free USA Shipping ---- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 – 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste.His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. Buffon published thirty-six quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; with additional volumes based on his notes and further research being published in the two decades following his death. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century". Buffon held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des Plantes. ---- Georges Cuvier (1769 – 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. He is also known for his ideas about the supposed scientific differences between races and for his abuse of Sarah Baartman as part of this 'work'.