. . . "36"^^ . "Histoire Naturelle, g\u00E9n\u00E9rale et particuli\u00E8re, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi"@en . . . . "The Histoire Naturelle, g\u00E9n\u00E9rale et particuli\u00E8re, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (1749\u20131804) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written over much of his working life by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues, led by Bernard Germain de Lac\u00E9p\u00E8de."@en . . . . . .