Author: Buffon, [G. L. L. Comte de]
Title: Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére. Servant de suite à l'histoire naturelle de l'homme. Supplément, tome quatrième.
Description: Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1776. 4to (24.1 x 18.5 cm). Title page with engraved vignette, engraved head and tail pieces. [iii], 582, xx pp., six engraved plates, many tables. 20th century brown cloth, spine with gilt title. = Supplement volume to the quarto edition of this large and important series on natural history by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788). Not to be confused with the much smaller 12mo (sometimes listed as 8vo) edition. Well-illustrated by De Sève, one of the best natural history illustrators of the 18th century. This volume deals with Man, and addresses issues as Man's longevity and the probabilities (percentages) of reaching a certain age. Other topics are ovulary glands, body temperature, skin colour and albinism, siamese twins and other teratological issues. Some, mostly marginal toning and infrequent light spotting, weak old library stamp on several text pages and the title page, but generally clean. Nissen ZBI, 672; Wood, p. 267.

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