1788 MONKEYS Buffon Natural SCIENCE Illustrated Mandrill Orangutans Apes Primate

BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

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“Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were ‘Buffonians’”

― Ernst Mayer

The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, “Histoire Naturelle,” was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that

“Buffon’s order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science.”

 

This seventh volume from ‘Quadrupeds’ contains 37 impressive illustrations including views of a monkeys, orangutans, gibbons, mandrills, macaques, marmosets, tamarin, and many others!

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1788 MONKEYS Buffon Natural SCIENCE Illustrated Mandrill Orangutans Apes Primate

 

“Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were ‘Buffonians’”

― Ernst Mayer

 

The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, “Histoire Naturelle,” was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that

“Buffon’s order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science.”

 

This seventh volume from ‘Quadrupeds’ contains 37 impressive illustrations including views of a monkeys, orangutans, gibbons, mandrills, macaques, marmosets, tamarin, and many others!

 

Item number: #22033

Price: $499

 

BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

 

Oeuvres complètes

 

Paris : Imprimerie Royale, 1788.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete;
    • [8], 234, ccclxxiv
    • 37 engravings
  • Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – H. Trouchin
    • Motto: SURSUM CORDA
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20cm)

 

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22033

Categories

Natural History

Medicine & Science

Authors

BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

Printing Date

18th Century

Language

French

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete