AUTHOR: Cuvier, Georges, baron
(1769-1832)
TITLE: Tableau elementaire de l’histoire
naturelle des animaux.
IMPRINT: Paris: Baudouin, imprimeur, an
6 [1798]
COLLATION: xvj, 710 p.: xiv pl.; 20 cm
NOTES: “Rare first edition of the first
important work on comparative anatomy by Cuvier.” — Dieter Schierenberg,
catalogue no. 73
“‘Cuvier’s Tableau élémentaire, his first
separate work, contains the first general statement of his natural classification
of the animal kingdom. His belief in the inherent regularity and orderliness
of nature led him to formulate the taxonomical principle of subordination
of characters as a basis for establishing and ranking natural classes
of genera; and to conclude that each part of an organism is perfectly
and necessarily related to its other parts. Cuvier stressed the importance
of description over theory, and his empirical, unspeculative approach
had a powerful influence on nineteenth century biological thought.’
(Norman no. 564)” — Librairie Bernard Maille, catalogue Science
et Médecine, 1996
REFERENCES: Wood, p. 307.
KEYWORDS: 1. Zoology.
LOCATION: QL45.C89 (2 copies)
OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: California Academy
of Science; LA County Natural History Museum; CSU Hayward; UC Berkeley;
Stanford University
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