Ornithology print collection, 1784-1798.

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Ornithology print collection, 1784-1798.

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Four hand-colored ornithological engravings: "The Laughing Gull," Mark Catesby, from Birds of Colonial America, London 1784; "The Oyster Catcher," Mark Catesby, undated; "Paon de Mer," Count Georges Louis de Buffon, from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798; "La foulque," Count Georges Louis de Buffon from the Natural History of Birds, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, ca. 1798.

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Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749

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Naturalist. From the description of Mark Catesby correspondence, 1744. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452847 ...

Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788

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French naturalist. From the description of Letter signed : "Au Jardin du Roi," [Paris], to the Comte de Tressan, 1775 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537605 From the description of Document signed : Paris, 1781 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536661 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Montbard?], to Mme. Necker, 1779 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525278 From the description of Letter signed : "Au Jardin d...