Oeuvres complètes
by BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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1788 MONKEYS Buffon Natural SCIENCE Illustrated Mandrill Orangutans Apes Primate
"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 seventh volume from 'Quadrupeds' contains 37 impressive illustrations including views of a monkeys, orangutans, gibbons, mandrills, macaques, marmosets, tamarin, and many others!
Item number: #22033
Price: $499
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Oeuvres complètes
Paris : Imprimerie Royale, 1788.
Details:
• Collation: Complete;
o [8], 234, ccclxxiv
o 37 engravings
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – H. Trouchin
o Motto: SURSUM CORDA
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20cm)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Oeuvres complètes
- Author
- BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Imprimerie Royale
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1788
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1788 MONKEYS Buffon Natural SCIENCE Illustrated Mandrill Orangutans Apes Primate, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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