Primitive Man Louis Figuier 1876 Leather Bound 244 Engravings 30 Full Plates

Description: Primitive ManPrimitive Man: Illustrated with Thirty Scenes of Primitive Life, and Two Hundred and Thirty-three Figures of Objects Belonging to Louis Figuier (1819-1894) Published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1876 A revised translation into English of Louis Figuier's examination of the world of primitive mankind, first published in French under the title "L'Homme Primitif." With plates bearing engraved illustrations of 30 scenes depicting primitive life, and with 233 figures scattered through the text of objects, most of which were found at archaeological sites. The development of mankind is examined, from the earliest ancient stages of human life, through the early Iron Age. Louis Figuier (15 February 1819 in Montpellier – 8 November 1894 in 9th arrondissement of Paris)[1] was a French scientist and writer. He was the nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier and became Professor of chemistry at L'Ecole de pharmacie of Montpellier. Louis Figuier was married to French writer Louise Juliette Bouscaren.[2] CareerFiguier became Doctor of Medicine (1841), agrégé of pharmacology, chemistry (1844–1853) and physics and gained his PhD in (1850). Figuier was appointed professor at L'Ecole de Pharmacie of Paris after leaving Montpellier. In his research he found himself opposed to Claude Bernard; as a result of this conflict, he abandoned his research to devote himself to popular science. He edited and published a yearbook from 1857 to 1894 – L'Année scientifique et industrielle (or Exposé annuel des travaux) – in which he compiled an inventory of the scientific discoveries of the year (it was continued after his death until 1914). He was the author of numerous successful works: Les Grandes inventions anciennes et modernes (1861), Le Savant du foyer (1862), La Terre avant le déluge (1863) illustrated by Édouard Riou, La Terre et les mers (1864), Les Merveilles de la science (1867–1891). He wrote extensively on the subject of photography, including it in his study on the marvels of nineteenth-century science, and also writing a self-standing book on the subject.[3] Influenced by Charles Lyell's Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man of 1863, the 1867 second edition of La Terre avant le déluge abandoned the Garden of Eden shown in the first edition, and included dramatic illustrations of savage men and women wearing animal skins and wielding stone axes.[4] Main works Illustration from La Terre avant le délugeLa terre avant le deluge, 1863, 2nd. edition 1867English translation, World Before the Deluge,[5] 1865Swedish translation by Carl Hartman, Jorden före syndafloden, 1868, based on the 5th French editionVies des savants illustres de l'antiquité (Lives of the Illustrious Scholars of Antiquity), 1866Vies des savants illustres du moyen age (Lives of the Illustrious Scholars of the Middle Ages), 1867The Vegetable World, 1867Vies des savants illustres de la Renaissance (Lives of the Illustrious Scholars of the Renaissance), 1868The Ocean World, 1868The Insect World, 1868Reptiles and Birds, 1869Vies des savants illustres du XVIIe siècle (Lives of the Illustrious Scholars of the 17th century), 1869Vies des savants illustres du XVIIIe siècle (Lives of the Illustrious Scholars of the 18th century), 1870Primitive Man, 1871The human race, 1872[6][7]La Photographie, 1889Les Merveilles De La Science, Ou Description Populaire Des Inventions Modernes, (The wonders of science or a popular description of modern inventions), 1891

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