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BUFFON, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788). Histoire naturelle générale et particulére, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1749-1783.
32 volumes only (of 44, lacking volumes 17, 18, 25 and 26 as well as the continuation), 4o (252 x 190 mm). Numerous engraved plates. (Some soiling throughout.) Contemporary calf gilt (very worn, some covers detached, many spines perished). Provenance: Illinois Institute of Technology (inkstamps on titles; library pockets).
"THE MOST CELEBRATED TREATISE ON ANIMALS EVER PRODUCED" (Dibner). This copy with 6 volumes of Supplements and 2 of the Minerals. Sold as an incomplete collection of plates, not subject to return. Dibner Heralds of Science 193; Nissen ZBI 672; Norman 369; PMM 198; Wellcome II, p.267. (32)
32 volumes only (of 44, lacking volumes 17, 18, 25 and 26 as well as the continuation), 4o (252 x 190 mm). Numerous engraved plates. (Some soiling throughout.) Contemporary calf gilt (very worn, some covers detached, many spines perished). Provenance: Illinois Institute of Technology (inkstamps on titles; library pockets).
"THE MOST CELEBRATED TREATISE ON ANIMALS EVER PRODUCED" (Dibner). This copy with 6 volumes of Supplements and 2 of the Minerals. Sold as an incomplete collection of plates, not subject to return. Dibner Heralds of Science 193; Nissen ZBI 672; Norman 369; PMM 198; Wellcome II, p.267. (32)