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Editore: Henricum Wetstenium, Amstelaedami [Amsterdam], 1686
Da: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. A good copy of Volume I of the 2 volume latin translation of Redi's classic work, bound in contemporary full vellum. With what appear to be most of the plates from Volume II bound in - having 26 folding plates and 31 single page plates in addition to the decorative frontispiece title page. Redi's work was pivotal in disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. The binding is in very good condition - being slightly grubby and with light wear only. With printed name of T H Longfield on a preliminary. With decorative title page/frontispiece; title page, epistola (7pp); contents page; text (216pp plus plates); index - authorum (6pp); additional index - index rarum notabilium(13pp); title page - De Ave Diomedea Dissertatio.'; section headed B.L.S (2pp); section headed 'Clarissimo viro, D Johanni Danieli Majori, SPD - pp 5-40; and index 'Rerum et Verborum. With decorative initial capitals. The contents are in good clean condition with slight browning to page edges. Some of the plates are labelled for insertion in volume II. An earlier owner has put small pencil ticks in the top margin of some plates. Small light book, please enquire if you would like us to assess postage at cost.
Editore: Amstelodami : Apud H. Wetstenium, 1686
Da: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
Prima edizione
First Edition. Page edges browned. Finely and sumptuously bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 216 pages; Physical desc. : [12], 216, [20], 40, [6] p. , [26] + XXVIII leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings) . Language: Latin. Subject: Insects - Spontaneous generation - Diomedea - Albatrosses - Early works to 1800. Vol. 1 of a set of 2 vols. Vol. 2, entitled Experimenta circa varias res naturales, &c. 1 Kg.
Editore: Amstelodami : Apud H. Wetstenium, 1686
Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Page edges browned. Finely and sumptuously bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 216 pages; Physical desc. : [12], 216, [20], 40, [6] p. , [26] + XXVIII leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings) . Language: Latin. Subject: Insects - Spontaneous generation - Diomedea - Albatrosses - Early works to 1800. Vol. 1 of a set of 2 vols. Vol. 2, entitled Experimenta circa varias res naturales, &c. 1 Kg.