Buffon & G. Cuvier - Œuvres complètes De Buffon avec les supplémens, augmentées de la classification de G. Cuvier - 1835-1837

Fascinating seven-volume set enriched with beautiful steel-engraved vignettes, depicting more than 800 animals -

Buffon, born GeOrges-Louis Leclerc, Count Buffon, occupies a major place in the history of 18th-century science with his ambition to regard nature as an organized whole whose phenomena must be observed, described, and interpreted in their diversity and their relations -

His Natural History seeks to go beyond a mere accumulation of descriptions to offer a general vision of living beings, of the Earth, and of natural phenomena, by combining scientific observations, philosophical considerations, reflections on the origin and transformation of species, and extremely detailed descriptions of animals -

This 19th-century edition revisits this monumental work from a renewed perspective, incorporating the supplements and adding the classification developed by G. Cuvier, which establishes a particularly interesting dialogue between two major stages in the history of French zoology -

Buffon & G. Cuvier - Complete Works Of Buffon with the supplements, augmented by G. Cuvier’s classification - 1835/1837 - Volumes III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX - Missing volumes I and II - P. Duménil -
About 450 pages per volume -

Bindings in good condition, works in their original half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, some minor defects on the cover, rubbing to some headbands, worn corners, speckled edges, smooth gilded spine with titles, volumes and author’s name on morocco leather pieces -

Good interior condition, some foxing, text in two columns, volumes enriched with beautiful steel-engraved vignettes depicting more than 800 animals, with numerous plates, guard pages in decent condition, vast set -

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