BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC DE
Text prepared, introduced and annotated by Stéphane Schmitt , with the collaboration of Cédric Crémière.
Less attractive in appearance than volumes 9 and 11, rich in species known to the public and peculiar to literary developments (the lion, the elephant ...), without any other general chapter in which Buffon could expose his great theoretical views, this volume may seem somewhat dry. However, the zoological work done here is considerable, and while Daubenton continues to produce anatomical data that will be authoritative until the nineteenth century, Buffon, combining direct observation, erudition and application of the general principles established since 1749 (as the theory of climates), helps to put order in groups with systematic still very confused. An abundant iconography (57 engraved plates inset) comes to scientifically enrich and decorate the work aesthetically.
Stéphane Schmitt is research director at the CNRS (UMR 7219, Paris). His research focuses on the history of life sciences from the 18th to the 20th century, particularly on the development of anatomy and embryology in relation to the rise of the theories of evolution.
Cédric Crémière, curator in chief of the inheritance and director of the Museum of Natural History of Le Havre, is particularly interested in the history of anatomy and collections.
: : Champion
: : Collection "Age des Lumières", n° dans la collection : 0084
: : 814 pages
: : août 2017, Paris
: : ISBN : 9782745334565
Dans la même rubrique :
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome I
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome II
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome III
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome IV (1753)
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome V
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome VI
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome VII
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome VIII
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome IX
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome X
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome XI
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome XII
- Buffon, Œuvres complètes, tome XIII
