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BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788)

Lot 17
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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€ 10 710
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 17 | BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788)
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€ 4 000 – 6 000
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (1707-1788). Histoire des quadrupèdes. [Paris : Hôtel de Thou, fin du XVIIIe siècle]

Rare recueil de planches de quadrupèdes, toutes aquarellées à l'époque, dans un maroquin rouge de la fin du XVIIIe siècle. La facture et la nature du coloris des gravures de ce recueil sont identiques à celles de la série Collection des animaux quadrupèdes de Buffon, publiée à l'Hôtel de Thou à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Comme dans cette dernière, les planches proviennent d'éditions antérieures des oeuvres de Buffon et leur numérotation inscrite dans la plaque ne fait plus foi - elles sont donc renumérotées à l'encre, dans l'ordre de leur apparition. Cependant, le présent recueil ne suit pas l'ordre choisi dans la Collection, qui se conformait au système de Linné. En outre, nous dénombrons 312 planches, contre 362 dans la Collection, et aucune page de texte autre que le faux-titre introductif. Cependant, l'absence de tomaison au dos de la reliure laisse entendre que notre recueil était pensé comme un ensemble contenu dans un volume unique, constitué à l'époque. Brunet, I, col. 1379.

In-4 (260 x 197 mm). 1 page de faux-titre et 312 planches gravées, toutes aquarellées à l'époque et numérotées à l'encre. Reliure de l'époque en maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés pièce de titre de maroquin vert, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées.

An attractive set of 312 plates of quadruped animals, all handcoloured at the time, in its contemporary red morocco binding.
Place of origin:France
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