9781108022989-1108022987-The Natural History of Birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the ... Library Collection - Zoology) (Volume 1)

The Natural History of Birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the ... Library Collection - Zoology) (Volume 1)

ISBN-13: 9781108022989
ISBN-10: 1108022987
Edition: 1
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Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 492 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781108022989
ISBN-10: 1108022987
Edition: 1
Author:
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 492 pages

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The Natural History of Birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the ... Library Collection - Zoology) (Volume 1) (ISBN-13: 9781108022989 and ISBN-10: 1108022987), written by authors , was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Natural History of Birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the ... Library Collection - Zoology) (Volume 1) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.54.

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was a French mathematician who was considered one of the leading naturalists of the Enlightenment. An acquaintance of Voltaire and other intellectuals, he worked as Keeper at the Jardin du Roi from 1739, and this inspired him to research and publish a vast encyclopaedia and survey of natural history, the ground-breaking Histoire Naturelle, which he published in forty-four volumes between 1749 and 1804. These volumes, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793, contain Buffon's survey and descriptions of birds from the Histoire Naturelle. Based on recorded observations of birds both in France and in other countries, these volumes provide detailed descriptions of various bird species, their habitats and behaviours and were the first publications to present a comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 1 covers birds of prey and flightless birds.
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