Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788, The natural history of the horse , MDCCLXII [1762]
- Title(s):
- The natural history of the horse : to which is added, that of the ass, bull, cow, ox, sheep, goat, and swine : with accurate descriptions of their several parts : and full directions for breeding, chusing, feeding, and improving, those useful creatures / translated from the French of the celebrated M. de Buffon.
- Additional Title(s):
- Histoire naturelle. English. Selections
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for R. Griffith's in the Strand, MDCCLXII [1762]
- Physical Description:
- [2], ii, [2], 340 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQL737.U4 B84 1762Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9762177
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Translation of selections from Buffon's Histoire naturelle.
Frontispiece engraved by Isaac Taylor; after J.B. Oudry.
Includes bibliographical references.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary brown half calf and marbled boards. - Subject Terms:
- Horses -- Early works to 1800.Livestock -- Early works to 1800.Ungulates -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1762.
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