Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-352) and index
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Anatomists and courtiers -- The anatomical origins of the Paris Academy of Sciences -- The animal projects of the Paris Academy of Sciences -- The Histoire des animaux -- Perrault, Duverney, and animal mechanism -- The courtiers' anatomist: Duverney at the Jardin du Roi -- Epilogue: the afterlife of the Histoire des animaux
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Du Verney,1648-1730
Perrault, Claude,1613-1688
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Académie des sciences (France)-- History
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Histoire des animaux
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Anatomy-- Study and teaching-- France-- Paris-- History
Zoology-- Study and teaching-- France-- Paris-- History