Item #373723 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 / by W. Macgillivray. William MacGillivray.

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 / by W. Macgillivray

1834, First Edition. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. Poor copy bound in the original cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age (loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Item #373723

Physical description; 391 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 17 cm. Contents; Aristotle -- Pliny the Elder -- Gesner, Belon, Salviani, Rondelet, and Aldrovandi -- Jonston, Goedart, Redi, and Swammerdam -- Ray -- Reaumur -- Linnaeus. Subjects; Zoologists ; Biography. Zoology. Zoology History. Zoologists. Genres; Biographies. Biography. Illustrated.

Price: €50.00

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