LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de (1744 – 1829)
1744 – 1829
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1801 CE
#215.5
Système des animaux sans vertèbres.
The “Discours d’ouverture” contains Lamarck’s first published statement of the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. See No. 316.
1809 CE
#216
Philosophie zoologique. 2 vols.
Lamarck was one of the greatest of the comparative anatomists. This work is considered the greatest exposition of his argument that evolution occurred by the inheritance of characteristics acquired by animals as a res…
1815 CE–1822 CE
#316
Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. 7 vols in 8.
An elaborate expansion of Lamarck’s one-volume work with the same title published in Paris, 1801 (No.215.5). As a systematist Lamarck made important contributions to biology. He separated spiders and crustaceans…