Excerpt from Ichthyology, Vol. 1: British Fishes
IN his historical Sketch of the progress of Ichthy ologya - the department of Natural History in which Rondelet's reputation has been acquired, - Baron Cuvier recognises three principal epochs, the first of which may be indicated by the name of Aristotle, who collected the scattered information of previous ages and gave it some degree of consistency and method; the second dates from the middle of the Sixteenth century, when a small band Of original observers took up the subject in a more philos0phi cal manner, and paved the way for the third grand epoch, signalised by the names of Artedi and Lin naeus, in which, by the introduction of a correct nomenclature and a lucid system of arrangement, the permanent foundations of the science were at length laid. The individuals whose labours consti tuted the second era, are chie y Salviani, Belon, and Rondelet, and this triumvirate were seconded by others, such as Gesner, Aldrovandi, and a few others of comparatively little repute. The works of the former appeared nearly at the same time.
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