Bybel der Natuure of Historie der Insecten, 2 Deelen / Biblia Naturae sive Historia Insectorum, 2 Tomi

Utrecht: De Banier 1980, 1/1/1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Folios. Fine binding. Hardcover. 1/4 leather spine over marbled boards. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 1185 p. Lovely plates, some folding. Facsimile reprint of Herdruk van uitgave 1737: Leyden. Latin and Dutch. <br> "The 'Biblia naturae', Swammerdam's major work, was published fifty-five years after his death by Hermann Boerhave. The fifty-three copperplates were prepared under Swammerdam's direction from his own drawings" (Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine, 2037) <br> Full title: Bybel der natuure, of : Historie der insecten, tot zeekere zoorten gebracht, door voorbeelden, ontleedkundige onderzoekingen van veelerhande kleine gediertens, als ook door kunstige kopere plaaten opgeheldert, verrykt met ontelbaare waarnemingen van nooit ontdekte zeldzaamheden in de natuur. Latin: Biblia naturae, sive: Historia insectorum, in classes certas redacta, nec non exemplis, et anatomico variorum animalculorum examine, aeneisque tabulis illustrata, insertis numerosis rariorum naturae observationibus. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.