Swammerdam, John

The Book of Nature; or, the History of Insects: Reduced to DistinctClasses, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the AnatomicalAnalysis of Many Species . .. including the generation of the frog, thehistory of the ephemerus, the changes of flies, butterflies, and beetles :with the original discovery of the milk-vessels of the cuttle-fish, andmany other curious particulars ... with The Life of the Author by HermanBoerhaave, M.D. Translated from Dutch and Latin Original Edition, byThomas Floyd. Revised and improved with Notes from Reamur and others, byJohn Hill M.D

London: Printed for C.G. Seyffert, Bookseller, in Dean-Street, Soho, 1758 Magnificent plates with hundreds of drawings of insects (including Mayflies), to accompany the English edition of the Bybel der Natuur (1669) by Jan Swammerdam, often called the father of modern entomology (ENTOMOLOGY) Folio. Title with engraved vignette, and 53 engraved plates of insects after drawings by J.C.G. Fritzsch. [4], xx pp. Recent half morocco and contemporary boards. Neat repairs to title, well-margined plates with occasional light spotting. Lacking contents leaves and explanatory text. Norman Catalog 2037 (original 1737-38 Dutch / Latin edition); DSB XIII: 168-175; Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, II: 859-60

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