 Title page of the 10th volume, 1763 | |
| Author | Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon |
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| Illustrator | Jacques de Sève and others |
| Subject | Natural history, minerals, quadrupeds, birds |
| Genre | Encyclopaedia |
| Publisher | Imprimerie royale |
Publication date | 1749–1804 |
| Publication place | France |
| Pages | 36 + 8 volumes |
The Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (French: [istwaʁ natyʁɛl]; English: Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written between 1749–1804, initially by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues, led by Bernard Germain de Lacépède. The books cover what was known of the "natural sciences" at the time, including what would now be called material science, physics, chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals.