BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1707-1788)


OEUVRES COMPLÈTES [...].

Paris; 1774-1782

21 (of 25) volumes

1774-1778 (vol. 1-19), 1782 (vol. 20-21)

Size:3 3/4 by 6 3/4"

 frontispiece with portrait of Buffon, 284 plates showing many quadrupeds, cat, dog, zebra, tiger, elephant, etc.. , 3 folding maps, 1 fold out table "l'ordre des chiens" 

This set consists of the following titles :

"Theorie de la terre" (2 vol.),
"Histoire naturelle (generale) des animaux" (1 vol.),
"Histoire naturelle de l’homme" (1 vol.),
"Discours sur la nature des animaux" (1 vol.),
"Suite a la Theorie de la terre et introduction à l’histoire des mineraux" (3 vol.),
"Suite a l’histoire naturelle de l’homme" (2 vol.),
"Epoques de la nature" (2 vol.),
"Histoire des animaux quadrupedes" (9 volumes), 

Very good condition, minor wear. Some wormholes in volumes 10, 20, 21, a few pages are loose

Text on French

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