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BUFFON, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788). Les poques de la nature. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1780.
12o (162 x 101 mm). 2 engraved folding maps and 6 engraved plates. Contemporary pink boards gilt, gilt lettered spine labels (minor wear to corners).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, first published in the fifth volume of the supplement to Buffon's Natural history. The poques de la nature contains Buffon's theory of the history of the earth. Wellcome II, p.268; Norman 370. (2)
12o (162 x 101 mm). 2 engraved folding maps and 6 engraved plates. Contemporary pink boards gilt, gilt lettered spine labels (minor wear to corners).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, first published in the fifth volume of the supplement to Buffon's Natural history. The poques de la nature contains Buffon's theory of the history of the earth. Wellcome II, p.268; Norman 370. (2)