{"product_id":"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-paperback-9781108022996","title":"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 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108022996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Natural History of Birds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the French of the Count de Buffon; Illustrated with Engravings, and a Preface, Notes, and Additions, by the Translator\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive accounts of eighteenth-century ornithology, first published between 1770 and 1783 and translated into English in 1793.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (Author), William Smellie (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108022996, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e558 pages, 27 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 3.2 x 14 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorges-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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Great bustard\u003cbr\u003e 2. Little bustard\u003cbr\u003e 3. The cock\u003cbr\u003e 4. The turkey\u003cbr\u003e 5. The guinea pintado\u003cbr\u003e 5. The wood grouse\u003cbr\u003e 6. The black grouse\u003cbr\u003e 7. The black grouse\u003cbr\u003e 8. Broad-tailed black grouse\u003cbr\u003e 9. The black grouse with variable plumage\u003cbr\u003e 10. The hazel grouse\u003cbr\u003e 11. The scotch hazel grouse\u003cbr\u003e 12. The pin-tailed grouse\u003cbr\u003e 13. The red grouse\u003cbr\u003e 14. The white attagas\u003cbr\u003e 15. The ptarmigan\u003cbr\u003e 16. Hudson's-bay ptarmigan\u003cbr\u003e 17. The peacock\u003cbr\u003e 18. The common pheasant\u003cbr\u003e 19. The hoccos\u003cbr\u003e 20. The partridge\u003cbr\u003e 21. The red partridge\u003cbr\u003e 22. The quail\u003cbr\u003e 23. The pigeon domestica\u003cbr\u003e 24. The ring pigeon\u003cbr\u003e 25. The common turtle.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978384204056,"sku":"9781108022996","price":49.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108022996i.jpg?v=1694869723","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/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-paperback-9781108022996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}