The histoire naturelle is bibliographically very complex dueto a plethora of formats, editions, translations, and abridgements. Buffon histoire naturelle des oiseaux, fourth volume. Buffon, georges louis leclerc, biodiversity heritage library. Fu continuata nello stesso formato da lacepede, che descrisse gli ovipari, i serpenti, i pesci, i cetacei 17861804. Copy and paste one of these options to share this book elsewhere. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere erste. Hanna roman drawing from literary studies, philosophy, and the history of science, in this interdisciplinary study hanna roman argues that the language of buffons histoire naturelle 17491788 could not be. Georges louis leclerc buffon buffon, georges louis. One of the most important of all bird bookssitwell.
The books cover what was known of the natural sciences at the time, including what would now be called. The language of nature in buffon s histoire naturelle. Original boards, some in great shape, some with front andor back boards nearly or fully detached. The wenner collection has a tremendous resource for historians of science in the 12volume series of buffons supplements a lhistoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. The present edition presented by jean varloot is an abridged selection from the large volume of the authors work. Histoire naturelle buffon 17071788 buffon was a french naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including jeanbaptiste lamarck and georges cuvier. The book is illustrated with a portrait of the author as a frontispiece, 4 foldout maps. This became his great work, histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere 17491804, which was the first modern attempt to systematically present all existing knowledge in the fields of natural history, geology, and anthropology in a single publication. Les descriptions animalieres dans lhistoire naturelle, par swann paradis. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere georges louis. Histoire naturelle by buffon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, volume 56. He worked on it for some 50 years, initially at montbard in his.
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Illustrated book with thirtyone aquatints thirteen with drypoint, thirteen with etching and drypoint, three with engraving and drypoint, and one with etching, engraving, and drypoint. Histoire naturelle band 8 vogel, 31 kupferstiche um 1780. Natural history, ornithology, animals, zoology, origin. It displays the progression of buffons thought, increasingly based on empirical evidence as. Link to this page view link to the book embed a mini book reader 1 page 2 pages open to this page. Buffon histoire naturelle des oiseaux, fourth volume third. Buffon intended to give full descriptions ofallknown animals, but personally heneverproceededbeyond themammalsandbirds. Hanna roman drawing from literary studies, philosophy, and the history of science, in this interdisciplinary study hanna roman argues that the language of buffon s histoire naturelle 17491788 could not be. The language of nature in buffons histoire naturelle book.
See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere first edition. Buffons histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere natural history, general and particular is the masterpiece of 18th century illustrated natural history, one of the most monumental publications in the history of science, and one of the epochal bodies of work in the annals of modern scientific enquiry. Buffons father, benjamin leclerc, was a state official in burgundy. Books royal almanacs arts comedy poetry fables, contes history juridique religion science traveling. Printed in belgium on fidelith and published by intermills after martinet. Buffon in antiquarian and collectable books for sale ebay. Whenone sees a pagereferencetoa species describedby buffon,it is onlywithgreatluck thatone iseven. Buffon, ou comment le siecle des lumieres envisageait lorigine du monde, par pierre thomas. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, des poissons. Aquatint, drypoint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirtyone aquatints. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the.
Histoire naturelle des animaux buffon 1888 livre histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere francais contient une table des matieres. Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere georges. Le opere di buffon e le sue suites sono state poi ristampate piu volte. Details histoire naturelle biodiversity heritage library. Marbled full calfskin binding, ribbed spine, gilded floral compartments and title.
Georges louis leclerc buffon buffon, georges louis leclerc. He published thirtysix volumes of his histoire naturelle during his lifetime. Ten gorgeous bird illustrations buffon lhistoire naturelle des oiseaux 1774. Buffon, histoire naturelle, nouvelle edition, 17661799 shapero. Ranks still as one of the most important of all bird books from the collectors point of view fine bird books. Lhistoire naturelle fu stampata inizialmente dalla imprimerie royale in 36 volumi in quarto, 17491788. Buffons histoire naturelle provides, for the first time, a complete survey of natural history in a popular form in which he outlines a satisfactory account of the history of our globe his belief in the mutability of species implied clearly some preparation.
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