The epochs of nature / Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon ; translated and edited by Jan Zalasiewicz, Anne-Sophie Milon, and Mateusz Zalasiewicz ; introduction by Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald ; illustrations by Anne-Sophie Milon.

Introduction: Buffon and the history of the Earth / Jan Zalasiewicz, Sverker Sörlin, Libby Robin, and Jacques Grinevald
The epochs of nature. First discourse. First epoch: When the Earth and the planets took their form ; Second epoch: When matter, being consolidated, formed the interior rock of the globe and the great vitrescible masses that are at its surface ; Third epoch: When the waters covered our continents ; Fourth epoch: When the waters retreated and the volcanoes became active ; Fifth epoch: When the elephants and the other animals of the South lived in the North ; Sixth epoch: When the separation of continents was made ; Seventh and last epoch: When the power of man has assisted that of nature
Justifying notes to the facts reported in the Epochs of nature.