Histoire des animaux

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Histoire des animaux is a section of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon's monumental natural history work that focuses specifically on the description and classification of animals.

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instanceOf book section
zoological work
associatedPerson Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton NERFINISHED
associatedWith French Enlightenment NERFINISHED
author Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon NERFINISHED
bibliographicCategory scientific literature
classificationSystem Buffon’s natural system NERFINISHED
contributor Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
describes animal anatomy
animal habitats
animal habits
fieldOfStudy natural history
zoology
genre natural history
zoology
hasIllustrations yes
hasPart descriptions of birds
descriptions of other animal groups
descriptions of quadrupeds
hasPerspective pre-Darwinian biology
historicalContext Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance major contribution to Enlightenment natural history
influenced 18th-century zoology
history of biology
influencedBy Aristotelian zoology NERFINISHED
Renaissance naturalists
intendedAudience learned public
naturalists
language French
mainSubject animal classification
animal description
animals
mediaType printed text
originalWorkStatus public domain
partOf Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Paris NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 18th century
publisher Imprimerie Royale NERFINISHED
relatedWork Histoire de l’homme NERFINISHED
Histoire des minéraux
scientificApproach early modern natural history
timePeriodDescribed early modern period
usesMethod comparative description
morphological observation
workPeriod mid-18th century

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