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Unpublished paper, 'Novi systematis ornithologici' ['New ornithological system'] by P [Louis Jean Pierre] Vieillot

Reference number: AP/8/23

Date: 1815

Description

Vieillot presents his classification system for birds and a list of existing species in Latin. Some marginalia in Greek.

Subject: Zoology / Ornithology

Read to the Royal Society on 21 February 1815.

Vieillot published this classification system in French with an introduction in 1816: Vieillot, L P. 'Analyse d'une nouvelle ornthologie élémentaire'. Deterville, 1816.

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AP/8/23
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1815
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Ink on paper
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89 pages
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French version published in Vieillot's Analyse available online at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
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Unpublished paper, 'Novi systematis ornithologici' ['New ornithological system'] by P [Louis Jean Pierre] Vieillot, 1815, AP/8/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8_23/unpublished-paper-novi-systematis-ornithologici-new-ornithological-system-by-p-louis-jean-pierre-vieillot, accessed on 06 June 2026

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