Buffon's Natural History
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Buffon's Natural History

by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon

1749•Documentary•127 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryanimalshistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is unhurried, expansive and weighty. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

THEORIEDE LATERREPREMIER DISCOURSDE LA MANIERE D'ETUDIER ET DE TRAITER L'HISTOIRE NATURELLEl'histoire naturelle, prise dans toute son etendue, est une histoire immense ; elle embrasse tous les objets que nous presente l'univers.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryAnimalsHistoricalAll consuming questSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

Natural historyEarly works to 1800MonkeysNatural history. [from old catalog]BiologyHistoryScienceAnthropology

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Author
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
Published
1749
Pages
127
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