Natural History of Birds - From French of Count De Buffon; Illustrated With Engravings, a

Klappentext Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88), 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 2 covers wild and domestic fowl and pigeons. Zusammenfassung Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–88), was a leading French naturalist. These volumes, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793, contain Buffon's description of various bird species and provide the first comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 2 covers wild and domestic fowl. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Great bustard; 2. Little bustard; 3. The cock; 4. The turkey; 5. The guinea pintado; 5. The wood grouse; 6. The black grouse; 7. The black grouse; 8. Broad-tailed black grouse; 9. The black grouse with variable plumage; 10. The hazel grouse; 11. The scotch hazel grouse; 12. The pin-tailed grouse; 13. The red grouse; 14. The white attagas; 15. The ptarmigan; 16. Hudson's-bay ptarmigan; 17. The peacock; 18. The common pheasant; 19. The hoccos; 20. The partridge; 21. The red partridge; 22. The quail; 23. The pigeon domestica; 24. The ring pigeon; 25. The common turtle.

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• Auteurs: Comte De Buffon, Georges Louis Le Clerc Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De Buffon, Comte de Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc
• Collaboration: William Smellie (Editeur), William Smellie (Traduction), Smellie William (Edition et traduction)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9781108022996
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02299-6
• Pages: 558
• Thèmes: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology; The Natural History of Birds 9 Volume Paperback Set
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Général, dictionnaires; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution