Kitāb al-Hayawān
Videos
The Kitāb al-Ḥayawān is an Arabic translation of treatises of Aristotle's:
Page from the Kitāb al-Hayawān by Al-Jahiz.
History of Animals
Videos
History of Animals is one of the major texts on biology by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was written in sometime between the mid-fourth century BC and Aristotle's death in 322 BC.
Kitāb al-Hayawān
…Arabic: كتاب الحيوان, lit. 'The Book of Animals', Latin: De Animalibus) is an Arabic translation of treatises (Arabic: مقالات, maqālāt) of Aristotle's: Historia Animalium: treatises 1–10 De Partibus Animalium: treatises 11–14…
Historia animalium et al., Constantinople, 12th century (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, pluteo 87.4)
Aristotle spent many years at Plato's academy in Athens (Mosaic, 1st century, Pompeii).
Scaliger's edition with his commentary, Toulouse, 1619
Aristotle observed that the octopus can change colour when disturbed.