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

by Comte De Buffon

Published by H.D. Symonds. 1798

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.

Stock no. 819573

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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

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