Description: LIVES OF EMINENT ZOOLOGISTS FROM ARISTOTLE TO LINNAEUS : WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND OCCASIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROGRESS OF ZOOLOGY W. MACGILLIVRAY EDINBURGH : OLIVER & BOYD 1834 Second edition. A good early study of of the life and work of Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish biologist known as the father of taxonomy. The entire second half of the book—13 chapters—is devoted to Linnaeus. (Most of the early chapters on other zoologists could be skipped). William MacGillivray FRSE (25 January 1796 – 4 September 1852) was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist. He was curator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1831, resigning in 1841 to become Regius Professor of Natural History at Marischal College, Aberdeen. (Wikipedia) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ARISTOTLE REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ARISTOTLE ACCOUNT OF ARISTOTLE'S HISTORY OF ANIMALS. PLINY THE ELDER. ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS. GESNER, BELON, SALVIANI, RONDELET, AND ALDROVANDI. ZOOLOGISTS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. JONSTON, GOEDART, REDI, AND SWAMMERDAM. ZOOLOGISTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. RAY. ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RAY. REAUMUR. ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WHITINGS OF REAUMUR. LINNAEUS. BIRTH AND EDUCATION OF LINNAEUS. JOURNEY TO LAPLAND. STUDIES, ADVENTURES, AND TRAVELS OF LINNAEUS, FROM 1733 TO 1738. PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF LINNAEUS FROM 1738 TO 1741. COMMENCEMENT OF LINNAEUS'S ACADEMICAL CAREER. TRAVELLING PUPILS OF LINNAEUS. LINNAEUS'S OCCUPATIONS FROM 1750 TO 1770. ACCOUNT OF THE SYSTEMA NATURAE OF LINNAEUS. DECLINE AND DEATH OF LINNAEUS CORRESPONDENCE OF LINNAEUS. CHARACTER OF LINNAEUS. CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF LINNAEUS. A BRIEF NOTE OF LINNAEUS'S SON 17 x 11 cm. 391 pp + frontispiece portrait of Linnæus. Very good + condition. Short split and hole in the cloth at the head of the spine. Inscription and two previous owners names on the front endpaper. Some unopened pages and some a little roughly opened. Clean and tidy, binding firm. Scarce in the original cloth. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: W MacGillivray
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Language: English
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Publisher: Oliver & Boyd
Year Printed: 1834
