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BUFFON, Comte de
M. Daubenton.
Histoire Naturalle: generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi. (Monkeys)
Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin. Includes everything known about the natural world up until that date. Buffon's work is considered to have greatly influenced modern ecology. His Histoire was translated into many different languages, making him the most widely read scientific author of the day.
- Published
- Paris, 1768.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris, 1768.
- Ref
- 450
Charming volume (30) on Monkeys. Text in french. 12 hand-coloured plates. Large 12mo. Full mottled calf with decorative gilt fan-shaped corner pieces and edge design to boards, flat spine with red and green title and volume labels in gilt, decorative bands and patterns in gilt to spine, coloured edges, marbled endpapers. Slight wear to extremities, joints, and spine, corners are worn, some worming to text pages, not affecting the plates - else good. Coloured plates in order: 1. Le Coaita. 2. Le Sajou Brun. 3. Le Sajou Gris. 4. Le Sai. 5. Le Sai a Gorge-Blanche. 6. Le Saimiri. 7. Le Saki. 8. Le Tamarin. 9. L'Ouistiti. 10. Le Marikina. 11. Le Pinche. 12. Le Mico.
