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Cambridge University Press: The Natural History of Birds "Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon 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."

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 1 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers birds of prey and flightless birds.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 2 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers wild and domestic fowl and pigeons.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 3 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers corvids, thrushes and some tropical birds.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 4 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers foreign and domestic finches and flycatchers.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 5 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers larks, wagtails and fig-eaters.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 6 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers parrots, parakeets and other foreign birds.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 7 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers woodpeckers and kingfishers.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 8 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers domestic and foreign marine birds.	Buy from amazon.co.uk

The Natural History of Birds, Volume 9 Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Edited and Translated by: William Smellie Cambridge University Press 2010 This volume covers water fowl and related birds.	Buy from amazon.co.uk