Buffon - Opere complete di Buffon - 1871






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Opere complete di Buffon, translated by Dr. Giovanni Boschi, comprises 13 volumes in the first format edition, Napoli 1871 with a mid-leather binding and marble boards, totaling 6,949 pages in Italian and with volume 9 missing.
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Complete Works of Buffon
Translation by Dr. Giovanni Boschi
The complete work consists of 14 volumes (ours is 13 because volume 9 is missing)
Each book is complete in itself and addresses topics divided as follows specifically:
Vol. 1 - The manner of studying and treating Natural History - History and theory of the Earth - pp. VII + 526
Vol. 2 - History of Minerals - pp. 535
Vol. 3 - Continuation of History of Minerals (salts and acids - Metals - Crystallization of Quartz) pp. 551
Vol. 4 - Final part continuation of History of Minerals - (Gems - Stalactites - Precious Stones - Volcanic Products - Genesis of Minerals - Treatise on Calamities and their Uses - pp. 499
Vol. 5 - Natural History of Animals - pp. 538
Vol. 6 - Continuation of Natural History of Animals - pp. 580
Vol. 7 - Continuation of Natural History of Animals - pp. 535
Vol. 8 - Birds of prey and flightless birds - pp. 552
Vol. 10 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 572
Vol. 11 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 528
Vol. 12 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 532
Vol. 13 - Continuation of Birds - Plant Experiments - Essay on Moral Arithmetic - pp. 439
Vol. 14 - Man - pp.
Contemporary binding, very solid, half leather with marbled plates - Title, author, 4 ribs and gilded ornaments
Dimensions in cm 27 x 20
Stabilimento Tipografico S. Pietro a Maiella
Naples 1871/1978
Excellent condition
Seller's Story
Complete Works of Buffon
Translation by Dr. Giovanni Boschi
The complete work consists of 14 volumes (ours is 13 because volume 9 is missing)
Each book is complete in itself and addresses topics divided as follows specifically:
Vol. 1 - The manner of studying and treating Natural History - History and theory of the Earth - pp. VII + 526
Vol. 2 - History of Minerals - pp. 535
Vol. 3 - Continuation of History of Minerals (salts and acids - Metals - Crystallization of Quartz) pp. 551
Vol. 4 - Final part continuation of History of Minerals - (Gems - Stalactites - Precious Stones - Volcanic Products - Genesis of Minerals - Treatise on Calamities and their Uses - pp. 499
Vol. 5 - Natural History of Animals - pp. 538
Vol. 6 - Continuation of Natural History of Animals - pp. 580
Vol. 7 - Continuation of Natural History of Animals - pp. 535
Vol. 8 - Birds of prey and flightless birds - pp. 552
Vol. 10 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 572
Vol. 11 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 528
Vol. 12 - Continuation of Birds - pp. 532
Vol. 13 - Continuation of Birds - Plant Experiments - Essay on Moral Arithmetic - pp. 439
Vol. 14 - Man - pp.
Contemporary binding, very solid, half leather with marbled plates - Title, author, 4 ribs and gilded ornaments
Dimensions in cm 27 x 20
Stabilimento Tipografico S. Pietro a Maiella
Naples 1871/1978
Excellent condition
