Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de 1707-1788 creator Barr, James Smith text utu 2014 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10)" by Comte de Buffon is an encyclopedic work published between 1749-1804. This monumental collection documents all knowledge of natural sciences from the era, spanning quadrupeds, birds, minerals, and geology across thirty-six volumes. Volume 03 includes descriptions of the King's Cabinet of curiosities and continues the natural history of humankind. Buffon's work challenged biblical chronology and introduced secular perspectives on Earth's origins, attracting both acclaim and controversy while laying groundwork for evolutionary thinking. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Naturelle Release date is 2014-05-12 E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Original publication data not identified Natural history QH Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45639 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45639 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134040.0 45639