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BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISH, INSECTS, AND REPTILES (5 VOLS)

Written by Comte De Buffon
Published by H.D. Symonds in 1798

BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISH, INSECTS, AND REPTILES (5 VOLS)
Written by Comte De Buffon.
Stock no. 819573
1798. Hardback. Almost very good condition.

Embellished with upwards of 200 engravings, 44 b/w plates. Leather spine with dark red title labels and gilt titles and decorations. Spine and cover edges and corners are worn. 1 title label is missing. Page edges are browned. Joints starting to crack but binding is tight. Volume 5 front joint split so cover is almost detached. Some scattered foxing. REDUCED FROM £440.

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Front cover

Cover of BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISH, INSECTS, AND REPTILES (5 VOLS) by Comte De Buffon

Contents

  • CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
  • The Physiology and Structure of Birds
  • The Ostrich
  • Emu
  • Dodo
  • Solitary and Bird of Nazareth
  • The Eagle and its affinities
  • Golden Eagle
  • Common Eagle
  • Bald Eagle
  • White Eagle
  • Rough-footed Eagle
  • Erne
  • Sea Eagle
  • Osprey
  • Jean-le-Black
  • Eagle of Brazil
  • Oroonoko Eagle
  • Eagle of Pondicherry
  • The Condor
  • The Vulture
  • Golden Vulture
  • Alpine Vulture
  • Cinereous Vulture
  • Hare Vulture
  • Carrion Vulture
  • Egyptian Vulture
  • Secretary
  • The Falcon and its affinities
  • Gyr-Falcon
  • Falcon
  • Lanner
  • Sacre
  • Hobby
  • Kestril
  • Martin
  • Kite
  • Buzzard
  • Honey Buzzard
  • Moor Buzzard
  • Goshawk
  • Sparrow-Hawk
  • The Butcher-Bird
  • The Owl
  • The Great horned Owl
  • Little Horned Owl
  • Screech Owl
  • Brown Owl
  • Little Brown Owl
  • The Bustard
  • Little Bustard
  • Of the Cock
  • Hamburgh Cock
  • Wonderful Indian Cock
  • Indian Cock
  • The Turkey
  • The Peacock
  • Peacock of Tibet
  • Japan Peacock
  • The Grous and its affinities
  • Cock of the Wood
  • Black Grous
  • Red Grous
  • Hazel Grous
  • Pin-tailed Grous
  • The Pintada, or Guinea-hen
  • The Pheasant
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Silver Pheasant
  • The Pheasant
  • The Quail
  • Of the Pie kind
  • Raven
  • Common Carrion Crow
  • Jackdaw
  • Rook
  • Capricalca
  • The Magpie and its affinities
  • Jay
  • Bengal Jay
  • Chatterer
  • Roller
  • Red-beaked Toucan
  • The Bird of Paradise
  • The Woodpecker and its affinities
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Lesser Woodpecker
  • Great Black Woodpecker
  • The Cuckoo
  • Cuckoo of Carolina
  • Cape Cuckoo
  • The Parrot
  • Maccaw
  • Common Parrot
  • Paroquet
  • CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
  • Of the Sparrow Kind
  • The Blackbird
  • Thrush
  • Fieldfare
  • Starling
  • Nightingale
  • Lark
  • Woodlark
  • Titlark
  • Robin Redbreast
  • The Common Wren
  • Crested or Golden Wren
  • Redstart
  • White Throat
  • Water Wagtail
  • Stone Chatter
  • Hedge Sparrow
  • Humming Bird
  • Siskin
  • Chaffinch
  • Greenfinch
  • Bullfinch
  • Goldfinch
  • Linnet
  • Red Pole or Red-headed linnet
  • Twite
  • Bunting
  • Wheatear
  • The Swallow
  • Swift
  • Martin
  • The Sand Martin
  • The Sparrow
  • Bengal sparrow
  • Cape sparrow
  • Mountain Sparrow
  • Red-head Sparrow
  • The American Mock Bird
  • The Pigeon
  • Ring Dove
  • Turtle Dove
  • Carrier
  • Dutch Cropper
  • Parifian Powter
  • Dragoon
  • Tumbler
  • Bald-plated Tumbler
  • Almond Tumbler
  • Leghorn Runt
  • Spanish Runt
  • The Trumpeter
  • Spot
  • Laughter
  • Nun
  • Helmet
  • Jacobine
  • Turbit
  • Owl
  • Finnikin
  • Broad-tailed Shaker
  • Barb
  • Mahomet
  • Lace Pigeon
  • The Land Rail
  • The Attagen
  • Of the Heron, Crane, Stork and their affinities
  • The Heron
  • The Bittern
  • The Crane
  • The Stork
  • The Ibis
  • The Black Ibis
  • The Black Stork
  • The Gigantic Crane
  • The Jabiru
  • The Spoonbill
  • The Flamingo
  • CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME
  • Of Small Birds of the Crane Kind
  • The Curlew
  • Stare Curlew
  • Barker
  • Woodcock
  • Godwit
  • Greenshank
  • Redshank
  • Snipe
  • Sandpiper
  • Ruff
  • Knot
  • Turnstone
  • Dunlin
  • Lapwing
  • Green Plover
  • Grey Plover
  • Ringed Plover
  • The Long legged Plover
  • Sea Lark
  • Water rail
  • Of the Water Hen and its affinities
  • The Oliver, Sea-pie, or Oyster Catcher
  • Grebe
  • The Pelican
  • Albatross
  • Cormorant
  • Shag
  • The Gannet or Solant Goose
  • Of Gulls and their Affinities
  • The Great Grey Gull
  • Brown Gull
  • Brown headed Gull
  • Black and White Gull
  • White Gull
  • Wagel Gull
  • Herring Gull
  • Petrels
  • Fulmar
  • The Shearwater
  • Stormy petrel
  • The Great Tern, or Sea swallow
  • Lesser Tern
  • Black Tern
  • The Penguin and its affinities
  • Magellanic penguin
  • Of the Auk, Puffin and their affinities
  • The Great Northern Diver
  • Speckled Diver
  • Sea Diver
  • Great Auk
  • Razor Bill
  • Guillemot
  • Lesser Guillemot
  • Puffin
  • Dun Diver
  • Smew
  • Of the Goose or Duck Kind
  • Swan
  • Cygnus, or wild swan
  • Tame
  • Cygnoides
  • The Grey Lag
  • The Duck and its varieties
  • Wild duck
  • Eider Duck
  • Hook-billed Drake
  • Moscovy Duck
  • Shoveller
  • Pintail
  • Widgeon
  • Teal
  • Chinese Teal
  • The Kingfisher
  • Gaulding
  • The Otis, or Tarola
  • Chatterers
  • Flycatchers
  • Tropic Bird
  • Darter
  • FISH
  • The Phisology and Structure of Fish
  • Cetaceous Fish
  • The Whale
  • Fin Fish
  • Mulculus
  • Nar Whale
  • CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME
  • The Cachalot Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale, and its Varieties
  • Dolphin, Porpesse, Grampus and their varieties
  • Grampus
  • Beluga of the sea
  • Of Cartilaginous Fish in general
  • Of the shark and its affinities
  • The Blue shark
  • The Thornback
  • Lamprey
  • The Sea Orb
  • Boney or Spinous ditto
  • Prickly finned ditto
  • The Blenneous or Blenny
  • Soft finned fish
  • The Garter Fish
  • Gold and silver fish
  • The flying fish
  • Craw fish
  • The Mottled Crab
  • Amphibious Animals
  • The Turtle and Tortoise
  • Bivalved shell fish
  • The Muscle
  • Oyster
  • Scallop and cockle
  • Pivot
  • CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME
  • Multivalve Shell fish
  • The Sea Urchin
  • Frogs, lizards, serpents
  • Of frogs
  • The Toad
  • The Cameleon
  • Of serpents
  • The Viper
  • Of Serpents without venum
  • The Voyana
  • Of insects
  • Of the external parts of the body
  • Of the sexes
  • Of insects without wings
  • The Spider
  • The falciagta
  • The Second Order of Insects
  • Of Insects of the Third Order
  • The Butterfly
  • Of the Fourth Order of Insects
  • The Bee
  • The Worm
  • Seaworm
  • Starfish
  • Cuttlefish
  • Polypus