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Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote
by ARISTOTLE; Armand Gaston Camus
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204
- Title
- Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote
- Author
- ARISTOTLE; Armand Gaston Camus
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Veuve Desaint
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1783
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Raised Band(s)
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