SWAMMERDAM (John).
The book of nature or the history of insects. London, G. C. Seyfert, 1758.
3 parties en un vol. in-folio, (2) ff. n. ch., xx pp., (4) ff. n. ch. (éloge, liste des souscripteurs, index), 236 pp. ; 153 pp. ; liii pp., (6) ff. n. ch d'index ; plats anciens de veau brun, dos à nerfs moderne, pièce de titre rouge d'origine.

Nissen ZBI 4057.
Édition originale anglaise de l'une des premières études sur l'anatomie et la métamorphose des insectes.
L'"Historia Insectorum Generalis" de Swammerdam parut d'abord en latin en 1669. Cette traduction par Thomas Flloyd fut éditée par le botaniste John Hill.
Grâce à l'invention récente du microscope, Swammerdam put démontrer que la métamorphose était le cycle de vie d'un seul insecte et non la naissance de nouveaux animaux.
Elle comprend 53 belles planches en noir, gravées par J.C.G. Fritsch.
Reliure frottée, épidermures et manques, coins émoussés. Pâle mouillure marginale aux premier feuillets, petites rousseurs, 3 derniers feuillets froissés avec petite galerie de vers marginale.

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