Author:
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, author.
Edition Statement:Revised edition.
ImprintColumbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Imprint2018
Description2 volumes (xlii, 1,833 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Note:Volume I. Introduction: The life and works of Albert the Great -- Book one: On animal and human members -- The first tract, on the diversity of animal members -- The second tract, on the disposition of human members -- The third tract, on the internal members -- Book two: A comparison of the human and other animals -- The first tract, on the visible members -- The second tract, a comparison of the internal members of animals and humans -- Book three: On the origin of the uniform members in animals -- The first tract, on the veins, blood, and nerves -- The second tract, on the uniform members which are not contiguous -- Book four -- The first tract, on bloodless marine animals -- The second tract, on sense, voice, and sleep in bloodless animals and the difference between male and female -- Book five: On the generation of animals -- The first tract, on differences in their copulation -- The second tract, on sperm production and the formation of young -- Book six: The nature, anatomy, and generation of eggs -- The first tract, on diversity among eggs -- The second tract, on the eggs of fish and swimmers -- The third tract, on the generation of viviparous walkers -- Book seven -- The first tract, on the dispositions and life of animals -- The second tract, on health and illnesses of animals -- The third tract, a digression on the things introduced -- Book eight: On animals' habits -- The first tract, on why they fight one another -- The second tract, on animal prudence and stupidity -- The third tract, in one, on the cunning and cleverness of sea creatures -- The fourth tract, on cleverness in ringed creatures -- The fifth tract, on the habits of quadrupeds -- The sixth tract, solving doubts arising above -- Book nine: On the principles and origin of human generation -- The first tract, on human origin from a mature seed -- The second tract, treating Galen and Aristotle on human generation -- Book ten: On impediments to generation -- The first tract -- The second tract, on the causes of sterility -- Volume II. Book eleven -- The first tract, on the order of instruction of animals -- The second tract, on the ultimate end of animals -- Book twelve: On the cause of uniform and nonuniform members -- The first tract, on uniform and principle members -- The second tract, on the nature of uniform members -- The third tract, on the organic members of the head -- Book thirteen: On the inner members -- The first tract, on the windpipe, esophagus, and lungs -- The second tract, on the intestines -- Book fourteen: On the outer members -- The first tract, on the outer members of ringed animals, shellfish, and the Malakye -- The second tract, on the visible members -- Book fifteen: On the causes of the generation of animals -- The first tract, on the distinction between the sexes -- The second tract, on the nature of sperm -- Book sixteen: On the powers of reproduction, with respect both to the soul and to the members -- The first tract, on the introduction of the soul -- The second tract, on sterility in animals and on the generation of homogeneous members -- Book seventeen: On oviparous animals -- The first tract, on oviparous birds -- The second tract, on the ringed creatures -- Book Eighteen: On the generation of perfect animals -- The first tract, on the differentiation of the sexes -- The second tract, on the number of offspring -- Book nineteen: On the senses and their accidents -- Book twenty: On the nature of animal bodies -- The first tract, on what constitutes the body -- The second tract, on the formal powers -- Book twenty-one: On perfect and imperfect animals -- The first tract, on degrees of perfection -- Book twenty-two: On the nature of animals -- The first tract, on the human -- The second tract, on quadrupeds -- Book twenty-three: On the nature of birds -- Book twenty-four: On aquatic animals -- Book twenty-five: On the nature of serpents -- I. The nature of serpents in general -- II. Understanding the nature and complexion of serpents' venom -- Book twenty-six: On vermin -- I. The nature of vermin, 1739 -- Appendix: Alternative version of the beginning of 'De animalibus', 1765.
Bibliography Note:"The writings of Albertus Magnus": volume 1, pages xxxix-xlii.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 1777-1802) and index.
Note:"English translation and annotation of Albertus Magnus's mid-thirteenth-century study of animals, De animalibus."-- Provided by publisher.
