UID:
almafu_9960117789002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 448 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-78262-4
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Life sciences
Inhalt:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88) was a French mathematician and one of the leading naturalists of the Enlightenment. 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 44 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 18th century ornithology. Volume 8 covers domestic and foreign marine birds.
Anmerkung:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Murray, 1793.
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Translated from the French.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-02305-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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