1778 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Illustrated BIRDS Wrens Larks Nightingales
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1778 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Illustrated BIRDS Wrens Larks Nightingales
"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
“Buffons order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science.”
This fifth volume from Birds contains 18 impressive illustrations including views of alouettes or larks, common tit, nightingale, treecreepers, sittellas, wheatears, pipits, wrens, and many others!
Item number: #22039
Price: $550
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Oeuvres complètes
Paris : Imprimerie Royale, 1778.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages;
xv, [1], 546, xxviii
18 engravings
Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – H. Trouchin
Motto: SURSUM CORDA
Language: French
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20cm)
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22039
"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
“Buffons order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science.”
This fifth volume from Birds contains 18 impressive illustrations including views of alouettes or larks, common tit, nightingale, treecreepers, sittellas, wheatears, pipits, wrens, and many others!
Item number: #22039
Price: $550
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Oeuvres complètes
Paris : Imprimerie Royale, 1778.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages;
xv, [1], 546, xxviii
18 engravings
Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – H. Trouchin
Motto: SURSUM CORDA
Language: French
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
22039
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1778 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Illustrated BIRDS Wrens Larks Nightingales
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