1788 MONKEYS Buffon Natural SCIENCE Illustrated Mandrill Orangutans Apes Primate

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 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 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;
  • [8], 234, ccclxxiv
  • 37 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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