Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote

ARISTOTLE; Armand Gaston Camus

Verlag: Published by Veuve Desaint, 1783

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Including half-titles. Two leather bound volumes, 8x10.5, are rubbed on the edges, spines show some wear on raised bands and head/tail. Nice bookplate of C. Gulbranson on inside covers, endpapers of handmade French marbled paper, some tanning and light foxing. The first French translation of Aristotle's descriptive zoology. Text in Greek and French on facing pages. History of Animals is a natural history text by the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who had studied at Plato's Academy in Athens. It was written in the fourth century BC; Aristotle died in 322 BC. Generally seen as a pioneering work of zoology, Aristotle frames his text by explaining that he is investigating the what, the existing facts about animals, prior to establishing the why, their causes. The book is thus an attempt to apply philosophy to part of the natural world. His method is to identify differences, both between individuals and between groups. A group is established when it is seen that all members have the same set of distinguishing features; for example the birds all have feathers, wings, and beaks. This relationship between the birds and their features is identified as a universal. The History of Animals had a powerful influence on zoology for some two thousand years. It continued to be a primary source of knowledge until in the sixteenth century zoologists including Conrad Gessner, all influenced by Aristotle, wrote their own studies of the subject. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 367

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote

Verlag: Published by Veuve Desaint

Erscheinungsdatum: 1783

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition