Buffon's natural history : containing a theory of the earth, a general history of man, of the brute creation, and of vegetables, minerals, &c. &c. &c. / from the French ; With notes by the translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.

Standardized Title:

Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Natural history.

Earth (Planet).

Anthropology--Early works to 1870.

Anthropology.

Zoology.

Mineralogy--Early works to 1800.

Mineralogy.

Light.

Heat.

Penn Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)

Physical Description:

10 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Buffon's Natural history.

Natural history.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J.S. Barr, 1792.

Contents:

v. I. The theory of the earth. Proofs of the theory of the earth. : Article I-X

v. II. Proof of the theory of the earth. : Article XI-XIX. Conclusion of The theory of the earth. History of animals

v. III. History of animals [continued]. History of man

v. IV. [History of man] [continued]

v. V-IX. History of the brute creation. Of the degeneration of animals

v. X. Of the degeneration of animals [continued]. Nature and properties of minerals, vegetables, &c. Experiments on light, and on the heat it may produce. General views of nature.

Notes:

Translation of selected portions of: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière.

At head of title: Barr's Buffon.

OCLC:

187451666