368 Animal Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archives) [Paperback]

Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Pictorial Archives | Publication Date: October 1, 1993

Masterpieces from the first modern compilation of scientific knowledge in the field of natural history, a work especially treasured today for the superb quality of its engraved illustrations. Includes both wild and domesticated animals, depicted in their natural environments. Royalty-free.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486277038
• ISBN-13: 978-0486277035
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,935,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable illustrations, superbly rendered; slightly nasty., November 23, 2000

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Robert P. Irons, Jr. (Gatesville, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 368 Animal Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archives) (Paperback)

First, I don't recommend this for the average Joe. It is too free, too open, too nasty. What is the point in showing animals sphincters? The only thing more revealing would have been dissections, which by the way the author has graciously left out. Its good art work, don't get me wrong. There are some really neat animals, some I have never heard of. So it has its ups but surely, also has its downs. 368 Animal Illustrations is a superbly rendered convenient archive of remarkable illustrations gatherd around 1766 by Georges-Loius Leclerc, Compte de Buffon, a natural scientist from Montbard, France. Buffon's pictorials range from the domestic cat and the Great Dane to our more wild mamals, such as the unique looking Lion-Tailed Macaque, who belongs to the primate family. No matter which of the 368 illustrations you happen to be looking at, you will notice the life-like detail and splendid qualities with which each has been created. The pictures printed within are rich with the exact detailed quality of the original copper plate engravings from which they come, and were created and chosen by Buffon himself. Each carefully chosen depiction is precisely accurate and neatly displayed in a natural setting deemed suitable for its subject. Although several of the illustrations are somewhat revealing in their poses, let's thank Buffon for skipping those he could have chosen of the much more revealing anatomicaly dissections.