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Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes, Volume 16 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Tome 1

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Series: Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes Volume: 16
By: Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon(Author), Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton(Illustrator), Stéphane Schmitt(Editor), Cédric Crémière(Contributor)
764 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Honore Champion
Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes, Volume 16
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Language: French

After the quadrupeds, Buffon began in 1770 the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, which appeared in two volumes: one, in quarto format, decorated with black and white plates, extending the fifteen volumes already published; the other, in folio, accompanied by colour plates forming an exceptional iconographic corpus quantitatively and qualitatively.

Buffon called on new collaborators, including Guéneau de Montbeillard, to write certain chapters. However, it is necessary to take scrupulous care of the scientific and literary value of the text, which not only deals exhaustively and in detail with the birds known at the time, but also offers general reflections on the natural sciences.

This first volume includes birds of prey as well as flightless species, in particular the ostrich and the famous dodo.

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Après les quadrupèdes, Buffon entame en 1770 l’Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, qui paraît dans deux éditions : l’une, en format in-quarto, ornée de planches en noir et blanc, prolongeant les quinze volumes déjà publiés ; l’autre, en in-folio, accompagnée de planches en couleur formant un corpus iconographique exceptionnel quantitativement et qualitativement.

Buffon fait appel, pour la rédaction de certains chapitres, à de nouveaux collaborateurs, dont Guéneau de Montbeillard. Pour autant, il ne cesse de veiller scrupuleusement à la valeur scientifique et littéraire du texte, qui non seulement traite de manière exhaustive et détaillée des oiseaux connus à l’époque, mais propose aussi des réflexions générales sur les sciences de la nature.

Ce premier volume comprend les oiseaux de proie ainsi que les espèces qui ne volent pas, en particulier l’autruche et le fameux dodo.

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Series: Buffon: Oeuvres Complètes Volume: 16
By: Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon(Author), Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton(Illustrator), Stéphane Schmitt(Editor), Cédric Crémière(Contributor)
764 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Honore Champion
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