‎[Le Supplément] G. LESCANNE, T. ANATRELLA, H. DENIS, F. BORDES, E. HIRSCH, B. CADORE, N. LENOIR, G. DURAND, A. FORTIN-MELKEVIK, M. DEMAISON‎
‎Le SUPPLEMENT‎

‎La Clef du Cabinet des princes de l'Europe, ou Recueil historique & politique sur les matieres du tems. Vols. 1-18, 20-30, 32-38 (+) Supplement de la clef ou journal historique sur les matieres du tems. vol. 1-2. - [LUXEMBOURG'S FIRST NEWSPAPER]‎

‎(Luxembourg), Jacques le Sincere (and later:) Andre Chevalier, 1704 - 1723. 8vo. Bound almost uniformly in 38 contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Paper-label pasted on to top of spines and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. Light wear to extremities, boards with scratches, occassionally with loss of leather, and spines with light miscolouring and occassional loss of the gilt ornamentation. Vol. 1-18, 20-30, 32-38 and the 2 supplement volumes (both 1713).‎

‎The exceedingly rare first edition of Luxembourg’s first newspaper, and periodical in general, which appeared for the first time in July 1704. It was then published monthly, without interruption, until July 1794. The early volumes of the journal are rarely found in trade and we have not been able to trace a single multiple-volume set with the supplement included. Behind the newspaper were initially the librarian, printer and journalist Claude Jordan (born around 1659) from Valence, and the printer André Chevalier (1660-1747), a Frenchman from Bourg-en-Bresse, who had a printing press in Luxembourg city. Jordan had previously published the Gazettes de Hollande in Leyden and Amsterdam. In 1704, the two joined forces to produce a newspaper from Luxembourg aimed at the Lorraine region (which was then independent of France) and the French market, following the model of the Gazettes de Hollande.‎

‎Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roy (15 vols.) (+) Supplément à l'Histoire naturelle (6 vols) (+) Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux (9 vols) (+) Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens (2 vols). 32 vols. - [FIRST ""COMPLETE SURVEY OF NATURAL HISTORY IN POPULAR FORM"" - PMM 198]‎

‎Paris, l' Imprimerie Royale, Plassan, 1749 - 1789. 4to (262 x 205 mm). Uniformly bound in 32 contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Leather tome- and title-labels to all volumes. Edges of boards gilt. Light wear to extremities primarily affecting head and foot of spines, corners bumped. Internally with light occassional, marginal brownspotting, but generally fine. With ""J. Collin"" (Danish zoologist Jonas Collin) to top margin of most front free end-papers. An overall nice set comprising the following:Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (15 vols) - 578 plates and 2 maps.Supplément à l'Histoire naturelle (6 vols) - 141 plates and 2 maps.Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux (9 vols) - 257 plates.Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens (2 vols) - 66 plates. A total of 1042 plates and 4 maps. Wanting the portrait. The complex collation of this work has not been accurately described by bibliographers. Nissen and Heilbrun differ in the listing of number of plates and misname the descriptions of the plates.‎

‎First edition of this extensive landmark work in natural science. After his death several other volumes were published making the total number of volumes 44. Together with Diderot's Encyclopaedia, this work represents the peak of book printing of the French enlightenment. Buffon was the first to sum up an entire natural history, based on science instead of theology"" It constitutes one of the first attempts to provide a comprehensive account of the natural world aiming at describing the entire known natural world - including plants, animals, and minerals - in a single work. Buffon based his work on first-hand observations and scientific analysis, rather than on second-hand accounts or mythological beliefs, making it a seminal work in the development of modern science. ""Buffon's ""Natural History, General and Particular"" presented for the first time a complete survey of natural history in a popular form [...] he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation. In 1739, he was appointed Director of the Jardin du Roi (now Jardin des Plantes). It would appear that the 'Natural History germinated in the preparation of a catalogue of the royal collection. Buffon then enlarged its scope to Aristotelian or Plinian proportions and finally transformed it into a conspectus of nature of a breadth and depth previously unknown"". […] he was the first to present the universe as one complete whole and to find no phenomenon calling for any but a purely scientific explanation."" (PMM). Buffon's work had a significant impact upon the field of natural history and influenced many other scientists, including Charles Darwin"" In a part of the work, (""Des Epoqeus de la Nature"" (Supplement vol. V, 1778, present here)), Buffon attacked several Christian doctrines on natural science. He saw man as a part of the animal world, he objected to earth being only 6000 years old, and he dismissed a rigid classification system thus paving the way for Darwin's thoughts a century later:""Georges Buffon set forth his general views on species classification in the first volume of his Histoire Naturelle. Buffon objected to the so-called ""artificial"" classifications of Andrea Cesalpino and Carolus Linnaeus, stating that in nature the chain of life has small gradations from one type to another and that the discontinuous categories are all artificially constructed by mankind. Buffon suggested that all organic species may have descended form a small number of primordial types"" this is an evolution predominantly from more perfect to less perfect forms."" (Parkinson, Breakthroughs). ""Buffon's work is of exceptional importance because of its diversity, richness, originality, and influence. Buffon was among the first to create an autonomous science, free of any theological influence. He emphasized the importance of natural history and the great length of geological time. He envisioned the nature of science and understood the roles of paleontology, zoological geography, and animal psychology. He realised both the necessity of transformism and its difficulties. Although his cosmogony was inadequate and his theory of animal reproduction was weak, and although he did not understand the problem of classification, he did establish the intellectual framework within which most naturalists up to Darwin worked."" (DSB) From the library of Danish zoologist Jonas Collin (1840-1905), who issued a new edition of Kjærbølling's ""The Birds of Scandinavia"" in 1875-1877 (See Anker 251) - a work most likely inspired by his knowledge from his (i.e. the present) copy of Buffon's ""Histoire Naturelle"".The 'Histoire Générale' was widely reprinted and translated. Sometimes only individual sections were produced, other times the complete work appeared. PMM 198.Nissen 672.Brunet I, 376.Dibner 193.Sparrow p. 23.Anker 6.‎

‎Les Reveries ou Memoires sur l'Art de la Guerre... Dediés a Messieurs les Officiers Generaux Par Mr. de Bonneville. (+) Supplement.‎

‎A la Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1758. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Light wear to foot of spine.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Title-page in red/black. Large engraved title-vignette. XII,228,(4) pp. + 16 pp. (Supplement). With 61 mostly folded engraved plates. Profusely illustrated with head- and tailpieces. A large and wide-margined copy, clean and printed on good paper.‎

‎This profusely illustrated second edition has 21 more plates than the first from 1756. - Klaus Jordan, 2617.‎

‎Histoire de Polybe, nouvellement traduit du Grec par Vincent Thuillier. Avec un Commentaire ou Corps de Science Militaire, enrichi de Notes critiques et historiques.... et représentées en Figures. Par M. de Folard. 7 Vols. (incl. Supplement by Folard).‎

‎Amsterdam, Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1729-30. + Supplement: Amsterdam, Chatelain et Fils, 1753. 4to. Bound in 4 uniform contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Blindtooling to compartments. Titlelabels with lettering. Broad gilt border on covers. With the monogram of King Frederik V in gold on red background on all covers. Light wear to spine-ends on the first volume. Spines slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-pages. Engraved frontispiece to Suppl.vol., 131 engraved plates, mostly folding (of which 2 are supplied in Zerox-copy), 3 folded engraved maps, many large engraved vignettes. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎This second French edition is here supplied with a 7th volume, first published to the edition of 1753. - Brunet IV, 791 - Graesse V,396-97.‎

‎Les Reveries ou Mémoires sur L'Art de la Guerre. Par M. de Bonneville. 2 Vols. (+) Supplement aux Reveries... Par le Baron D.P.N.‎

‎La Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1756-57. Bound in 2 later hcalf. and 1 contemp. hcalf with raised bands. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spines. Stamps on titles and at ends. 232223 pp. and 11 large folded engraved plates - Supplement: (8),172 pp. Some faint scattered brownspots in the first 2 volumes.‎