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
associatedWith French Enlightenment
author Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
bibliographicCategory scientific literature
classificationSystem Buffon’s natural system
contributor Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
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
linked to: Ancien Régime
historicalSignificance major contribution to Enlightenment natural history
influenced 18th-century zoology
history of biology
influencedBy Aristotelian zoology
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
placeOfPublication Paris
publicationCentury 18th century
publisher Imprimerie Royale
linked to: Imprimerie royale
relatedWork Histoire de l’homme
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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Histoire de l’homme relatedWork Histoire des animaux