Rhetoric and natural history

<br/>This book examines the rhetorical dimension of eighteenth-century natural history. It focuses on the French naturalist and literary stylist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, author of the bestselling multi-volume <em>Histoire naturelle</em> (1749-1789). Natural history as Buffo...

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Main Author: Loveland, J
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Voltaire Foundation 2017