All the World's Birds

All the World's Birds
by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon
Adopted by
Joseph L. Kolb & Michael P. Hoagland
in honor of Marie Preller Kolb
on September 29, 2016
All the world's birds- Buffon's Illustrated natural history general and particular of birds

All the world's birds : Buffon's illustrated natural history general and particular of birds

By Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon . New York: Rizzoli, 2008.

Originally published from 1749 to 1778, Buffon's Histoire naturelle générale et particulière included 9 volumes on birds, which were re-issued separately with superb hand-colored engravings by Martinet. The Cullman Library holds the complete original work by Buffon and a complete set of Martinet's illustrations (without the text). This book reproduces all 1008 plates, providing modern scientific names and English translations from Buffon's text.

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Location: 
Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History