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BELON, Pierre (1517-1564). L'histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, avec la vraie peincture & description du Daulphin, & de plusieurs autres de son espece. Paris: Regnaud Chaudiere, 1551.
Two parts in one, 4o (214 x 161 mm). Collation: A-H4 Aa4 k4 L-N4 O2 P4. 58 leaves, foliated: [1] 2-55 [3]. Text margins finely ruled in red. Woodcut arms on titles of Cardinal de Chastillon, large woodcut printer's device at end, two woodcut initials, 22 woodcut illustrations in text. Eighteenth-century calf, spine gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Edouard Rahir (bookplate); Waldemar J. Swalbe (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF "THE EARLIEST MODERN SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY" (DSB). In this, his first biological work, "Belon presented an orderly classification of fish that included the sturgeon, the tuna, the malarmat (peristedion), the dolphin, and the hippopotamus...Belon can be considered the originator of comparative anatomy. By the same token, he depicted a porpoise embryo and set forth the first notions of embryology" (DSB). This work ultimately led to the revival of research into animal structure. BM/STC French p. 46; Garrison-Morton 278; Nissen ZBI 301; Norman 179.
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FIRST EDITION OF "THE EARLIEST MODERN SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY" (DSB). In this, his first biological work, "Belon presented an orderly classification of fish that included the sturgeon, the tuna, the malarmat (peristedion), the dolphin, and the hippopotamus...Belon can be considered the originator of comparative anatomy. By the same token, he depicted a porpoise embryo and set forth the first notions of embryology" (DSB). This work ultimately led to the revival of research into animal structure. BM/STC French p. 46; Garrison-Morton 278; Nissen ZBI 301; Norman 179.