1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v

1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v

“Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were ‘Buffonians’”

― Ernst Mayer

The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, “Histoire Naturelle,” was fascinating 18^th-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 beautiful five-volume German example features 17 impressive hand-colored engravings depicting the development of humankind and the human form!

Item number: #11178

Price: $795

BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte

Troppau : Joseph Georg Trassler, 1785.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
  • 1 – 393 (i.e. 383), [1]
    • 5 engraved plates
  • 2 – 459, [1]
    • 1 engraved plate
  • 3 – 473, [3]
    • 1 engraved plate
  • 4 – 428
    • 7 engraved plates
  • 5 – 458, [2]
    • 3 engraved plates
  • Language: German
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Size: ~7in X 4in (18cm x 10cm)

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