Buffon's Natural History, Abridged - Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.

[Boyle Bernard, Richard (Dean of Leighlin)] Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Published by London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street., 1792

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Two Volumes (complete set). Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Volume I: Frontispice ["Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist"], Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius], XXXVII, Errata-Leaf, 353 pages / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of fowling at the steep cliffs of St.Kilda)], 494 pages including a thorough Index. With 106 [of 107 Plates] spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes. Hardcover / One Volume rebound to style and one Volume in its original 18th century full leather. Original bookplate / Exlibris of Dean Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge to pastedown of Volume I. Both Volumes now housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes the Following Tables and Plates with Illustration and Engraving of Animals, Humans, Birds, Snakes etc.: Volume I: Frontispice: ["Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist"] Engraved Titlepage: ["Scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius"] - Table of the Probabilities of the Duration of Life Plate 1: [Ethnology] Chinese / Laplander / Hottentot / Negro / American (Native American) Plate 2: [Ethnology] White Negress / Helen & Judith (Siamese Twins) / Anna Maria Herig Plate 3: The Horse / The Bull / The Ass Plate 4: The Ram / The Sheep / The Fox Plate 5: The Female Goat of Angora / Goat of Angora / The Syrian Goat Plate 6: The Wild Boar / The Hog of Siam / The Otter / Another Otter / The Pole Cat Plate 7: Angora Cat / Shock Dog / Lion Dog / Shepherd Dog Plate 8: Hind or Female Red-Deer / Stag, Hart or Red-Deer / Fallow Deer Plate 9: The Badger / The Ermine / The Long tail'd Squirrel / Short tail'd Field Mouse / The Water Rat / Long tail'd Field Mouse Plate 10: Water Shrew / Shrew Mouse / Garden Squirrel / Dormouse / Animal of the Bear Species / Plate 11: Guinea Pig / Squirrel / The Bat / The Bat as it Flies / The Mole / The Brown Rat Plate 12: The Marmot / The Brown Bear / The White Bear Plate 13: The Beaver / The Racoon / The Brown Coati / The Black Coati / Another Black Coati Plate 14: The Lion / The Lioness / The Tiger Plate 15: Panther / Ounce / Leopard / Wolf Plate 16: Jaguar / Cougar / Spotted Hyena Plate 17: Lynx / Caraca / Hyaena / Genet Plate 18: Zibet / The Civet Cat / The Peccary / The little Grey Squirrel / The Palm Squirrel Plate 19: The Great Ternat Bat / The Lesser Ternat Bat / The Unan / The Agouti Plate 20: The Flying Squirrel / Pangolin / Armadillo Plate 21: The Paca / Cayopollin / The Male Opossum / Female Oppossum / Marmose / Hedge Hog with and without Bristles Plate 22: The Elephant / The Rhinocerous / The Juda Goat / Plate 23: The Camel / The Dromedary / The Buffalo Plate 24: The Iceland Ram / The Bison / The Gnu Plate 25: The Walachian Ram / The Walachian Sheep Plate 26: The Zebu / The Male Goat / The Female Goat / The Elk Plate 27: American Wild Ox / Buck of Juda / Female Rein Deer / Jackall Plate 28: The Zebra / The Hippopotamus / The Tapir Plate 29: The Gazelle / The Guib / The Chevrotin Plate 30: Missing Plate 31: Tancrec / Coandou / Tarsier / Glutton / Iratis Plate 32: Great Seal / Small Seal / Manati Plate 33: Ichneumon / Walrus or Sea Horse / Ursine Seal or Sea Bear Plate 34: The Magot / The Jocko / The Little Gibbon / The Great Gibbon or Long Armed Ape Plate 35: The Male Mandrill / The Female Mandrill / The Macacco / The Wanderow Plate 36: The Malbrouck / Bonnet Chinois / The Douc/ The Mangabey Plate 37: The Callitrix / The Brown Sajou / The Grey Sajou Plate 38: The Saimiri / The White Throated Sai / The Talapoin / The Saki / The Tamarin Plate 39: The Coaita / The Marikina / The Pinch / The Adult Ai / The Moustac Plate 40: The Wild Boar of Cap Verde / Souflik / Kangaroo [Kanguroo] Volume II: With.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buffon's Natural History, Abridged - Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.
• Publisher: London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street.
• Publication Date: 1792
• Binding: Hardcover
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