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Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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TREMBLEY, Abraham (1700-1784). Memoires pour servir a l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce.... Leiden: Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744.
4to (263 x 206 mm). Engraved head- and tail-pieces; 13 engraved folding plates. (Mostly marginal dampstain to a few leaves, a few small spots, minor soiling to a few leaves.) Modern leather, uncut.
FIRST EDITION. "In 1740 the scientific world was electrified by Trembley's discovery that the green hydra (Chlorohydra viridissima) was definitely an animal, even though it contained chlorophyll and --a fact even more astonishing--possessed powers of multiplication from artificial division hitherto thought to be unique to plants" (Norman 2094).
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch