Author: Slabber, Martinus
Title: Natuurkundige Verlustigingen, behelzende Microscopise Waarneemingen van In- en Uitlandse Water- en Land-Dieren
Description: J. Bosch (1769-)1778 (4),(8),166, 18 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. 4to, cont. half calf, rebacked and with new corners in morroco, orig. calf backstrip (with gilt tooling), laid down (with some loss at top/bottom), marbled boards, new marbled endpapers. Marginal tear to final text leaf neatly repaired. Vg clean copy with wide margins.. First edition. Rare and important work of microscopical observations on marine and other invertebrates. The complete work, issued over 9 years (1769-1778) in 18 parts, each with a fine hand-coloured copperplate by R. Muys after P.M. Brasser, or M. Slabber, each part with a dedication leaf. [Landwehr, 187; Nissen ZBI, 3861].

Keywords: ABA02-2023; ABABOOKFAIR; C2762; Marine Invertebrates; Microscopy; Netherlands


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