Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon (b. 1707, d. 1788)
Comte de Buffon: Histoire Naturelle générale et particuliere, avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi. Nouvelle edition. J. H. Schneider, Amsterdam. 1766–1771. 15 vols.
Bound in contemporary mottled calf, with gilt spines. Light damage to binding on vol 1, otherwise fine conditions. With engraved vignettes on titlepages. With engraved plates by various artists issued under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton.
The first part of the Netherlands edition (in French) of Buffon's Histoire naturelle, covering the formation of the earth, humans, mammalian quadrupeds and apes.
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