Illustrations de Histoire naturelle du Roy
Complete French title: Illustrations de Histoire naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roy.
A series of 15 French books (Tome I to Tome XV) about humans and animals around the world.
Published about 1750 by the Imprimerie royale, Paris.
They belong to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and are available with their digital online library Gallica (Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique).
The leading author of the text among others was Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon and the containing images were created by various french master-illustrators and -engravers of around 1750.
Volumes edit
| No. | Titel | Year | Main Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volume 01 (Tome I) | 1749 | Creation of the world |
| 2 | Volume 02 (Tome II) | 1749 | Dissection & microscopy, human nature |
| 3 | Volume 03 (Tome III) | 1749 | Anatomic collections & human anatomy |
| 4 | Volume 04 (Tome IV) | 1753 | Horse, donkey and bull and their anatomy |
| 5 | Volume 05 (Tome V) | 1755 | Sheep, goat, pig and dogs |
| 6 | Volume 06 (Tome VI) | 1756 | European animals (hind, stag, cats, hares and rabbits) |
| 7 | Volume 07 (Tome VII) | 1758 | Wolf, fox, badger, otter, ferret, weasel, squirrel, rat and mouse |
| 8 | Volume 08 (Tome VIII) | 1760 | Guinea pig, hedgehog, shrew, mole, bats, fat dormouse, bear, beaver and racoon |
| 9 | Volume 09 (Tome IX) | 1761 | Lion, tiger, panther, once, leopard, jaguar, cougar, lynx, harpy, civet cat and genet |
| 10 | Volume 10 (Tome X) | 1763 | Overseas animals: Pecari, bats, anteater, opossum, etc. |
| 11 | Volume 11 (Tome XI) | 1754 | African animals: Elephant, rhino, camel, dromedary, zebu, tapir, etc. |
| 12 | Volume 12 (Tome XII) | 1764 | African animals 2: zebra, hippo, antelope, gazelle, whitetail, etc. |
| 13 | Volume 13 (Tome XIII) | 1765 | Overseas animals 2: Sloth, meerkat, tarsier, phalanger, hamster, serval, ocelot, polecat, etc. |
| 14 | Volume 14 (Tome XIV) | 1766 | Primates & apes |
| 15 | Volume 15 (Tome XV) | 1767 | Primates & apes 2 |
(Year specifications taken from each volumes titel page, with partially diverging order of volumes and years)
Volume 1 (Tome I) edit
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Natural History, Volume 1
(Histoire naturelle, Tome I) -
Natural History Studies -
Creating the World -
Geography -
Per Aspera ad Astra -
Formation of Planets -
Map of the Old Continent -
Map of the New Continent
Volume 2 (Tome II) edit
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Nat. History Vol. 2 -
Zoology -
Sperms from Rabbit and Dog -
Animals Sperms -
Womans facial Expressions -
Anthropology
Volume 6 (Tome VI) edit
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Natural history, volume 6 -
Canadian stag, wood -
Stag, wood and head skeleton -
Stag, skeleton -
Fallow Deer Buck, skeleton -
Fallow Deer Buck, skeleton -
Hind -
Roe Deer Doe -
Fallow doe -
Stag -
Roe Deer Buck -
Fallow deer buck
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Angora Cat -
Spanish Cat -
Chartreux Cat -
Domestic Cat -
Wildcat -
Cat, Organs and Skeleton
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Angora Rabbit -
Angora Rabbit, moulting -
Domestic rabbit -
Wild Rabbit -
Hare -
Hare, Bones -
Hare, skeleton -
Silver domestic rabbit
Volume 7 (Tome VII) edit
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Titel Page
Tome VII (Volume 7) -
Carnivore Animals -
Wolf -
Wolf, Skeleton -
Fox -
Fox, Skeleton -
Badger -
Badger, Skeleton -
Otter -
Otter, opened Belly -
Otter, Skeleton -
Beech Marten, Skeleton -
Polecat, Skeleton -
Ferret, Skeleton -
Weasel and Hermine
External Links edit
- gallica.bnf.fr (Images)
- buffon.cnrs.fr archive copy at the Wayback Machine (Text)
- Catalog of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Search for "Illustrations de Histoire naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roy")