Authors:Daubenton (Louis Jean-Marie), Lacombe (Jacques), Mauduyt de la Varenne (Pierre-Jean-Claude), Olivier (Guillaume-Antoine), Vicq d'Azyr (Félix)
Scientific editor:Schmitt (Stéphane)
Abstract: Knowledge on animals occupied a central place in the Encyclopédie méthodique (1782–1832), at a time when this field was undergoing profound changes. We offer a detailed presentation of this, including an annotated edition of the main texts and a comprehensive inventory of the articles and plates.
Keyword: Histoire des sciences de la vie, histoire de l’encyclopédisme, littérature française du tournant XVIIIe-XIXe siècle, philosophie des Lumières, zoologie
