Author: Ventouillac, L. T.
Title: Nouveau Morceaux Choisis de Buffon; Avec Des Notes Instructives, Et Une Notice Sur la Vie at Les Ouvrages de L'Auteur
Description: London, Threuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Fils, & Richter, 1824. Leather Bound. pp. xviii, 174, 6. Slim 12mo. Bound in green leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decoration to boards. Gilt page edges. Ribbon page marker. Black and white frontispiece, engraved title page with author's portrait. Text in French. Scuffing to extremities, some loss to corners, ink inscription to title page; otherwise very good. This is a book containing selected works from Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon. It includes instructive notes along with a brief section about the life and various works of Buffon. The topics covered include his views on nature and how to study it, on humanity, the first humans who walked the earth, and various animals, such as the cat, tiger, and horse. .

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