Francisci Redi patricii Aretini, Opusculorum pars prior, sive, Experimenta circa generationem insectorum :
accedit J. Frid. Lachmund, De ave diomedea dissertatio.

Description

Main Author

Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698.

Related Names

Wetstein, Henricus, 1649-1726
Decker, Cornelis Gerritsz., approximately 1620-1678
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698.
Lachmund, Friedrich, 1635-1676.
Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Amstelaedami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1685-1686.

Edition

[Secunda hac editione ita emendata, ut nova plane versio dici mereatur].

Subjects

Spontaneous generation
Shearwaters
Natural history
Insects
Shearwaters > Shearwaters / Early works to 1800.
Spontaneous generation.
Insects > Insects / Early works to 1800.
Natural history > Natural history / Pre-Linnean works.
Early works
Etchings (prints) > Etchings (prints) / Netherlands > Etchings (prints) / Netherlands / 17th century.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Netherlands > Engravings (prints) / Netherlands / 17th century.

Note

Includes indexes.
Paging, v. 1: [12], 216, [20], 40, [8] p. (last 2 blank), [45] leaves of plates (19 folded); v. 2: [8], 312, [32] p., [12] leaves of plates (10 folded).
Getty copy lacks M12, v. 1 (blank).
Signatures, v. 1: *⁶ A-I¹² K¹⁰ L-M¹². Vol. 2: pi⁴ A-O¹² P⁴.
Frontispiece of v. 1 signed by Romeyn de Hooghe and dated 1670. That of v. 2 signed by Cornelis Decker. Some in-text engravings in addition to plates. Woodcut device on both t.p.'s.
Edition statement from p. [12] of 1st sequence, v. 1. Previously published Amsterdam, 1671. Esperienze intorno alla generazione degli insetti first published Florence, 1668.
T.p. of v. 1 has date 1686, that of v. 2 has 1685. Title on t.p., v. 2: Francisci Redi nobilis Aretini Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas quae ex Indiis afferuntur.

Physical Description

2 v. : ill. ; 13 cm. (12mo)

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