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, and illustrated with copper-plates : including the generation of the frog, the history of the ephemerus, the changes of flies, butterflies, and beetles : with the original discovery of the milk-vessels of the cuttle-fish, and many other curious particulars /
by John Swammerdam ... With The life of the author / by Herman Boerhaave ... ; translated from the Dutch and Latin original edition, by Thomas Flloyd.

Description

Main Author

Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680.

Related Names

Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738.
Flloyd, Thomas.
Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
Thordarson Collection.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for C.G. Seyffert ..., 1758.

Edition

Rev. and improved by notes from Reaumur and others /

Subjects

Invertebrates > Invertebrates / Early works to 1800
Insects > Insects / Early works to 1800
Invertebrates.
Insects.
Insectes.
Invertébrés > Invertébrés / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Insectes > Insectes / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Insecta
Invertebrates
Insects.
Invertebrates > Invertebrates / Early works to 1800.
Insects > Insects / Early works to 1800.
Foxing.
Signatures (Binder's notations)
Early works.

Note

Includes index.
In two parts with separate paging and register.
Also available in digital format on the Utah State University Digital Collections website.

Physical Description

[4], xx, [8], 236, 153, [1], lxiii, [1], 12 pages, LIII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm (fol.)

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