A Natural History, General and Particular; containing the History and Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, the Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals &c. &c. A New Edition Corrected and Enlarged. To which is added A History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Embracing the Recent Discoveries of Eminent Naturalists; together with an Account of the Most Curious Foreign Plants. Vol. I. (Volume the First)
George Louis Le Clerc, Count of Buffon (Comte de Buffon); translated from the French by William Smellie; with Henry Augustus Chambers
Published by Richard Evans, London, 1817
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Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United KingdomWheeler's Bookshop
AbeBooks seller since September 19, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
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Volume One. 1817. Large 4to. Beautifully rebound late-20th Century in a half leather with very attractive unusual nonpareil patterned boards. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine, and with new endpapers. Contents are the 1817 book complete. viii (index at prelims), 682 pp. Hand-coloured plates. All plates present. Occasional small mark but no foxing. Overall clean and bright. No inscriptions. One index page has a tear, but all complete. Binding near-new. VG+.
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- Title
- A Natural History, General and Particular; containing the History and Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, the Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals &c. &c. A New Edition Corrected and Enlarged. To which is added A History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Embracing the Recent Discoveries of Eminent Naturalists; together with an Account of the Most Curious Foreign Plants. Vol. I. (Volume the First)
- Author
- George Louis Le Clerc, Count of Buffon (Comte de Buffon); translated from the French by William Smellie; with Henry Augustus Chambers
- Publisher
- Richard Evans, London
- Publication year
- 1817
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Natural History
Wheeler's Bookshop
Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since September 19, 2001
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