Buffon, M. de Lacépède & Le Baron Cuvier - Œuvres complètes de Buffon - 1830

Charming illustrated set of this monumental edition that brings together the complete works of the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, enriched and extended by the contributions of M. de Lacépède and Baron Cuvier -

This vast compilation covers all the domains explored by Buffon, notably the natural history of animals, plants, minerals and the Earth, offering a synthesis of eighteenth-century scientific knowledge and confronting it with the advances of the early nineteenth century -

The volumes present detailed descriptions of species, analyses on the formation of the globe, philosophical reflections on nature and man’s place, as well as observations on the diversity and organization of living things -

Lacépède provides important additions on fishes, reptiles and oviparous quadrupeds, while Cuvier, through his anatomical and comparative approach, enriches the whole with a new scientific rigor that heralds modern biology -

Buffon, M. de Lacépède & Le Baron Cuvier - Œuvres complètes de Buffon - 1830 - 58 Tomes en 29 Volumes - Lecointe -
-> Environ 14 000 pages

Very good condition of bindings, volumes in their half green morocco with original corners, marbled boards, light signs of wear, gilt edges, spines with raised bands nicely decorated, gilt titles and volumes -

Very good interior condition, rare foxing, volumes enriched with figures engraved from drawings by priests (text pages with the frontispiece), marbled endpapers in very good condition, fresh -

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