Translation of: Encyclopédie méthodique, Histoire naturelle des animaux, par M. Daubenton, M. Maudit & M. Gueneau de Montbeillard The 'Encyclopédie méthodique' was an enlarged edition of Diderot's Encyclopédie, arranged as a system of separate dictionaries by the publisher, Panckoucke Ten physical vols. on selected topics were translated into Spanish from the French original, 1788-1794--Cf. Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.), 79542 Tomo 2 has subtitle: Historia natural de la aves, traducida del frances al castellano por D. Joseph Mallent First leaf of each gathering signed: Historia Natural, Tom. I[-II] Subscribers' list: t. 1, p. [3]-[10] at front; supplementary list: t. 2, p. 628-629 Woodcut title vignettes, head- and tail-pieces Tomo 1. Historia natural del hombre, por Mr. Daubenton. Animales quadrupedos y cetaceos. Ornitologia, por Mr. Mauduyt: A-E -- t. 2. Ornitologia, F-Z. Animales quadrúpedos ovíparos y serpientes, por Mr. Daubenton Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) extracted picklist SCNHRB copy (39088013485982, 39088013486022) has booklabels of Don Josef de Armesto y Segovia SCNHRB copy has inscribed in ink on front free endpapers and stamped on back endpapers: Paul Leverkühn SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Feb 28 1907 [ms. acc. no.] 197942 SCNHRB copy bound in mottled sheepskin, title in gilt within red and green leather spine labels, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, red edges, marbled endpapers; t. 2 housed in an archival cardboard box