 The Histoire Naturelle , générale et particulière , avec la description du Cabinet du Roi ( 1749 – 1804 ) 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 Lacépède .
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