Discovering birds : the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline, 1760-1850 / Paul Lawrence Farber.

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

xxiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published as: The emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline, 1760-1850. Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston, U.S.A. : D. Reidel, c1982, in series: Studies in the history of modern science

Includes index

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: CMB

Includes bibliographic references and index

Knowledge of birds in the eighteenth century -- Brisson and Buffon: ornithology 1760-1780 -- New data 1780-1830 -- Loci of new data: collections 1786-1830 -- Ornithological publications:1780-1800 -- Focus on classification: ornithology 1800-1820 -- The emergence of a discipline: ornithology 1820-1850 -- The significance of the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline