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
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
“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;
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[8], 234, ccclxxiv
o
37 engravings
· Provenance:
Armorial Bookplate – H. Trouchin
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Motto: SURSUM CORDA
· Language:
French
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20cm)
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