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Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680). The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of Many Species.... London; for C. G. Seyffert, 1758.
Folio (402 x 250 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved device, 2pp. list of subscribers; 53 engraved plates. (Some spotting or browning.) Contemporary calf gilt (covers detaching, front endleaves disbound and one gathering becoming loose, some wear).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated by Thomas Flloyd and with a life of Swammerdam by Boerhaave. Dibner Heralds of Science 191; Nissen ZBI 4057; Norman 2037.
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch