BUFFON, (G.L.L. DE).

Histoire naturelle , generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du Roi. Tome Neuvième.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1761.

4to. Contemporary full mottled calf, spine and boards worn. (4), 376 pp. With engraved vignette on titlepage and 41 full-page engraved plates, many folding. Plate 16 torn.

Volume 9 in the first edition. Plates describing lions, tigers, leopards, hyenas, &c.
Buffon is best remembered for his great work Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-788: in 35 volumes, 9 additional volumes published after his death by Lacépède). It included everything known about the natural world up until that date. "Written in a brilliant style, this work was read... by every educated person in Europe." Those who assisted him in the production of this great work included Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. His Histoire was translated into many different languages, making him one of the most widely read authors of the day, equaling Rousseau and Voltaire.

Order-nr.: 39518