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Hildesheim, Olms 1975.. Oln. Nd. d. Ausg. London 1686.

London: Thomas Sawbridge, 1686. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. Folio (364 x 227 mm). Main titles of both volumes printed in red and black, vol. I with engraved allegorical frontispiece; in total 116 full-size engraved plates plus 7 smaller engraved plates; appendix De Ovo Incubato, De Bombyce, Pulli in Ovo and Epistolae anatomicae each with separate half-title. Pagination: Vol. I: [8], 15, [5], 1-78 (i.e. 82] p., LIV plates (15 folding), [2], 11 [1] p., VII plates, 13-35 [1] p. Vol. II: [8], 72 p, XXXIX plates; [4], 65-68, 5-44 p., XII plates; [4], 1-12 p., IV plates, 13-20 p.; [2], 1-6 p., 1 plate (folding), 7-8 p., 1 plate (folding), 9-20 p., 3 plates (folding), 21-144 p., 2 plates (folding). Bound without final blank leaf. Contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt-lettered morocco label, boards tooled in blind, corners restored, brown-dyed edges, original endpapers (boards rubbed and worn, flyleaf re-attached). Interior with occasional minor… Read More

1686. London : Apud Robertum Littlebury, 1686; 1697, Folio, 2 Frontispieces, 1 Portrait, 3 Volume titles (2 in black/red), 142 (135 full, 7 smaller) plates, rebacked contemporary full leather, with raised bands and spine lable; complete and fine! First Edition (first Issue) of the Collected Works! Content Order of bound works varies, here listed as bound the complete works: 1st. volume : Opera Omnia, Figuris elegantissimis in aes incisis illustrat Tomis Duobus comprehensa. Londini, Prostant apud Robertum Scott, Bibliopolam Regium 1686 , Frontispice, (2 pp.) Magnae Societatiregiae Anglicanae Marcellus Malpighius S.P. (2 pp.) Praefatio (2 pp.) Anatomes Plantarum Idea 15,(1) pp. Anatome Plantarum (2,2), 78 (recte82) pp., 54 plts. Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) was the founder of microscopic anatomy and a pioneer in the study of plant development. He approached the subject through the study of plant tissues." Appendix - De Ovo Incubato Observationes continens (1686) (2, 11, (1) pp., 7… Read More