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birding world

"This is an exceptionally clear history of ornithology."

"In short, text and illustrations together combine to ensure that this will become a much-used and much-loved reference book."

fatbirder

"Having written about many of the great names in ornithology myself I can vouch for the meticulous research and accuracy of this book. Naturally as the subject is close to my heart I snatch up such morsels, but have found other works to be far less well researched and much less logically presented than this one, I congratulate the author Valerie Chansigaud."

The History of Ornithology | Imprimer |  Mail

This stunning book examines the development of ornithology from ancient times until the present day. There are chapters on ancient times, the middle ages, the renaissance, and each century from 17th until 20th. Each details the big names of the age, including the likes of the very famous Gilbert White, John James Audubon, Alfred Russell Wallace and Roger Tory Peterson, and many ornithologists reflected in bird species names – Pallas, Blyth, Steller, etc. On every page there are beautiful artworks of the birds painted by the ornithologists as well as many portraits of the people in question. At the end of the book a 20-page timeline details every significant ornithological event during the past two millennia, making this book required reading for anyone interested in modern-day ornithology and its roots in the past.

Parution : octobre 2009
ISBN : 978-1-84773-433-4
Éditeur : New Holland