LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General Synopsis of Birds . London: vol. I for Benj. White, vols. II-III for Leigh and Sotheby, 1781-1785. 3 vols in 6. [ With :] Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1787 & 1801. 2 vols. [ And :] Index Ornithologicus . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1790. 2 vols.
LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General Synopsis of Birds . London: vol. I for Benj. White, vols. II-III for Leigh and Sotheby, 1781-1785. 3 vols in 6. [ With :] Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1787 & 1801. 2 vols. [ And :] Index Ornithologicus . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1790. 2 vols. Together 10 volumes, small 4° (245 x 190mm). 8 etched titles with hand-coloured vignettes and 142 hand-coloured etched plates by and after the author. (Some soiling, browning and spotting, marginal hole to 4M2, 4N4 and 5M3 in vol. II part II, final leaf in first supplement vol. detached, Index Ornithologicus with some leaves detached in vol. I and tear to S4 and final leaf torn in vol. II.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (vols I.I, I.II, II.I and supplement I rebacked, other volumes with boards detached, extremities rubbed, some scuffing and chipping). FIRST EDITIONS . Latham's work forms an English parallel to Buffon's Histoire naturelle (1770-83), which was nearing completion at the time, and includes much material not available to Linnaeus. Latham was able to include species recently discovered by explorers in Australia, the Pacific and the Americas, examples of which were flooding into England at the time. In his division of the birds into two main groups, land birds and water birds, Latham follows the system which Ray employed in his edition of Willoughby's Ornithology (1678). However, whilst the birds are referred to by their vernacular names, the list of synonyms included under each species does include the Linnean name as well, and in the classification of genera the system followed is mainly that of Linnaeus. Anker 277-279; Sitwell p.114; Nissen IVB , 532; Wood p.427.
LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General Synopsis of Birds . London: vol. I for Benj. White, vols. II-III for Leigh and Sotheby, 1781-1785. 3 vols in 6. [ With :] Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1787 & 1801. 2 vols. [ And :] Index Ornithologicus . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1790. 2 vols.
LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General Synopsis of Birds . London: vol. I for Benj. White, vols. II-III for Leigh and Sotheby, 1781-1785. 3 vols in 6. [ With :] Supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1787 & 1801. 2 vols. [ And :] Index Ornithologicus . London: Leigh and Sotheby, 1790. 2 vols. Together 10 volumes, small 4° (245 x 190mm). 8 etched titles with hand-coloured vignettes and 142 hand-coloured etched plates by and after the author. (Some soiling, browning and spotting, marginal hole to 4M2, 4N4 and 5M3 in vol. II part II, final leaf in first supplement vol. detached, Index Ornithologicus with some leaves detached in vol. I and tear to S4 and final leaf torn in vol. II.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (vols I.I, I.II, II.I and supplement I rebacked, other volumes with boards detached, extremities rubbed, some scuffing and chipping). FIRST EDITIONS . Latham's work forms an English parallel to Buffon's Histoire naturelle (1770-83), which was nearing completion at the time, and includes much material not available to Linnaeus. Latham was able to include species recently discovered by explorers in Australia, the Pacific and the Americas, examples of which were flooding into England at the time. In his division of the birds into two main groups, land birds and water birds, Latham follows the system which Ray employed in his edition of Willoughby's Ornithology (1678). However, whilst the birds are referred to by their vernacular names, the list of synonyms included under each species does include the Linnean name as well, and in the classification of genera the system followed is mainly that of Linnaeus. Anker 277-279; Sitwell p.114; Nissen IVB , 532; Wood p.427.
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