BUFFON. Set of 13 volumes. - Lot 72

BUFFON. Set of 13 volumes. Natural History, General and Particular. The Complete Works of the Count of Buffon, Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1774/1778, in-12, full leather binding, decorated raised spine, marbled title labels, volume numbers, and edges. Signs of wear, scuffing, stains (inside and out), and some variations in condition by volume. Volume I: Theory of the Earth; frontispiece with portrait of the author, p. 93—frontispiece of the Second Discourse, p. 185—frontispiece—Evidence for the Theory of the Earth, p. 204—1st map, and p. 206—2nd map. Volume II: wormholes at the bottom of pages. Volume III: Natural History of Animals. 7 plates. Volume IV: Natural History of Man. pp. 306, 385–418, and 420–422—Tables. Volume V: Discourse on the Nature of Animals. Volume VI: Continuation of the Theory of the Earth & Introduction to the History of Minerals. Volume VII: Introduction to the History of Minerals. P. 308—Plates I through XV and Plate 16 (fold-out); wormholes at the bottom of pages. Volume VIII: Experimental Part. pp. 255–261, 291, 292, 294, 298, 302, 306, 308, 313–331, 336, 337, 340–342, 345, 347, 348, and 350–353—Tables. Volume IX: Experimental Part. pp. 273, 275, 278, 279, 282, 283, and 297—Tables. Volume X: A Sequel to the Natural History of Man. pp. 221–231, 483–506, 517, 518, 522, 524, 526, 528, 530, 533–535, 537, 538, and 570—Tables. Small wormholes in the upper left corners of the pages. Volume XI: A Continuation of the Natural History of Man. p. 388—Pl. I, p. 396—Pl. IV (plate numbering error; should be Pl. II), p. 400—Pl. III and Pl. IV, p. 582 (416)—Pl. V and Pl. VI. Volume XII: Containing the Epochs of Nature, complete with the Map of Langres on page 228. Volume XIII: Containing the Epochs of Nature, complete with the Map of the Two Polar Regions of the Globe on page 372. Items may be picked up on Thursday, November 5, 2026, by appointment, in Paris’s 15th arrondissement (Metro: Pasteur). [The exact address will be provided after full payment of the invoice, when the appointment is scheduled]

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