The Natural History of Birds - Volume 2

The Natural History of Birds: From the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the Translator 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 Buffons description of various bird species and provide the first comprehensive account of eighteenth-century ornithology. Volume 2 covers wild and domestic fowl. Autor: Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2010 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 558 Wymiary: 21.6 x 3.2 x 14 cm Ilustracje: 27 Plates, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9781108022996