Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
"Buffon's Natural History. Volume 07 (of 10)" by Buffon is an encyclopedic work published in 1758. This volume covers carnivorous animals as part of Buffon's monumental survey of natural sciences. The Histoire Naturelle spanned fifty years and thirty-six volumes, documenting everything known about the natural world in the eighteenth century. Volume seven focuses on predatory quadrupeds, contributing to a groundbreaking work that challenged biblical timelines and introduced secular perspectives on Earth's origins, ultimately shaping evolutionary thought for generations to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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