Histoire Naturelle de Buffon. Classee par ordre, genres et especes, d'apres le systeme de Linne.

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Published by Chez Deterville. Paris., 1802

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410 P. Inside in places lightly blotchy. French Language. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (7 September 1707?16 April 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.; Quelle Wikipedia. - With 8 clean coloured copper engravings, shows Le MANAKIN, Le MERLE, La DRAINE, Le GRAND BEFROY, Le GRAND TANGARA, Les GOBE MOUCHES, etc. deu 1. Stock 8|15217BB Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 444 14 x 8,5 cm. Original Leather binding with gilt back and marbled page edges. Slightly rubbed and bumped, spine of the book damaged. Seller Inventory # 10283

Bibliographic Details

Title: Histoire Naturelle de Buffon. Classee par ...

Publisher: Chez Deterville. Paris.

Publication Date: 1802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Gut

Edition: Nouvelle Edition. Tome XXIV.