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Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére : avec la description du Cabinet du roy.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Founders Collection 41-43, Q 29 v. (t.1-11) (t.13-15) ([Suppl]t.1-6) ([Oiseaux]t.1-8) ([Minéraux]t.1)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Contributor:
Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799.
Guéneau de Montbéliard, Philibert, 1720-1785.
Founders Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
French
Subjects (All):
Natural history.
Penn Provenance:
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 (donor)
Physical Description:
44 volumes : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 27 cm (4to)
Other Title:
Histoire naturelle.
Place of Publication:
A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, 1749-1804.
Contents:
t. 1. De la manière d'étudier & de traiter l'histoire naturelle ; Histoire & théorie de la terre / par M. de Buffon. 1749
t. 2. Histoire générale des animaux ; Histoire naturelle de l'homme / par M. de Buffon. 1749
t. 3. Description du Cabinet du roy / par M. Daubenton. Histoire naturelle de l'homme / par M. de Buffon. 1749
t. 4-11, 13-15. [Quadrupeds] / par M. de Buffon, M. Daubenton. 1753-1767
Supplément / par M. de Buffon. t. 1-6. 1774-1782
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux / par M. de Buffon, M. Gueneau de Montbeillard. t. 1-8. 1770-1781
Histoire naturelle des minéraux / par M. de Buffon. t. 1. 1783.
Notes:
In v. 1-15 and Oiseaux, authors' names do not occur on title pages, but are given in tables of contents.
Local Notes:
An incomplete set: 15 of the 44 volumes (v. 12, Supplément v. 7, Oiseaux v. 9, Minéraux v. 2-5, Quadrupèdes ovipares et serpens v. 1-2, Poissons v. 1-5, Cétacées) wanting.
Vols. 1-15 have only general t.p. Vols. 1-6 of Supplément have general t.p., which in some cases states subject of special volume. Vols. 1-8 of Oiseaux have special t.p.; general half titles (Histoire naturelle, t. 16-23) wanting. Vol. 1 of Minéraux has only special t.p.
Gift of Louis XVI, King of France to the 'College of Philadelphia', 1784.
OCLC:
183831781

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