Natural history of birds, the: from the french of the count de buffon; illustrated with engravings, and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator
Auteur :
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108023023
Date de publication :
25 nov. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 3,4 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
750 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 5 covers larks and wagtails.