Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. A NOTE ON NAMES, DATES, AND OTHER MATTERS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES xi
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. ONE. Anatomists and Courtiers 17
8. TWO. The Anatomical Origins of the Paris Academy of Sciences 50
9. THREE. The Animal Projects of the Paris Academy of Sciences 92
10. FOUR. The Histoire des animaux 128
11. FIVE. Perrault, Duverney, and Animal Mechanism 165
12. SIX. The Courtiers’ Anatomist: Duverney at the Jardin du roi 201
13. Conclusion 239
14. Epilogue: The Afterlife of the Histoire des animaux 247
15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 255
16. NOTES 259
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
18. INDEX 327