George Louis Clerc Count Buffon (4 results)
More imagesA Natural History, General and Particular, Containing the History and Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, the Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, etc., to which is added A History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects Together with an Account of the Most Curious Foreign Plants.
Buffon, George Louis De Clerc, Count, and Henry Augustus Chambers
Language: English
Published by Printed for Thomas Kelly & Co., London, 1866
- Hardcover
Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. A New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. Two volumes in one. Massive quarto half black polished calf and brown cloth-covered boards. Spine heavily gilt in compartments; red morocco spine label. Vol. one: 682pp., Vol two: 462pp. Complete with 96 fine hand-colored plates, including the two "Negroe" plates, which are often missing. Light wear to the massive binding, but a fine copy, internally fresh and clean. …
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. A New Edition Corrected and : 2 volumesEnlarged
George Louis Le Clerc, Count of Buffon [William Smellie (trans.)]
Published by Thomas Kelly London (1860), 1860
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Add to basket1st edition full leather Very Good quarto 682 + viii, 462 + viiipp., frontis., engravings., Inc. over 100 copper-plate illustrations (none coloured). Leather binding rather worn & hinges tender (broken in volume 1). Occasional foxing in text o/w a very good copy. Would re-bind very nicely.
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
- Hardcover
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United KingdomWheeler's Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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+. …
More imagesThe System of Natural History. VOL. I bis IV KOMPLETT. Written by M. de Buffon, Carefully Abridged and the Natural History of Insects Compiled Chiefly from Swammerdam, Brookes, Goldsmith & c., embellished with Elegant Engravings on Wood.
George Louis, Le Clerc [Count de Buffon], Brookes (M.D.) Richard and Swammerdam Jan:
Published by Alnwick, W. Davidson, 1814
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat Bäßler, Vohenstrauss, GermanyAntiquariat Bäßler
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Add to basketVI, 336, 324, 332, 308 S., mit Illustratioen, Kl.-8° Bände in guter Erhaltung, einbände sauber, an Ecken berieben, oder auch leicht bestoßen, Rückenleder an Buchkanten stellenweise angerissen, im Band 1 Fehlstelle des Leders zum oberen Kapital auf etwa 2,5 Zentimeter, Seiten hell und sauber, nur selten etwas altersfleckig, außer ExLibris im Band 1, sowie Namenseintrag in Band 2 bis 4 auf Einbandinnenseite ohne Einträge, Einbandinnenseiten inm Eckenbereich etwas leimschattig gedunkelt, Buchblöcke fest und kompakt, , Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1300 OHalbleder, mit Lederecken, mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln, umlaufender Farbschnitt.…
