Books by Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707-88), was a highly educated and respected French naturalist. He was the author of Les Epoques de la Nature (1778), Oeuvres Completes de Buffon (1853-55), and the book Birds is based on the extraordinary 36 volume work Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, which was designed to explore nature's three kingdoms, animal, mineral, and vegetable, and to serve as an encyclopedia of the world.