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53 FOLIO PLATES. 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, M.D. With the Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and Improved by Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill, M.D. by Swammerdam, Johannes

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Title: 53 FOLIO PLATES. 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, M.D. With the Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and Improved by Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill, M.D.
Author: Swammerdam, Johannes
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: 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, M.D. With the Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and Improved by Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill, M.D. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 53 LARGE ENGRAVED PLATES, SWAMMERDAM'S FINE STUDIES DISPROVED ARISTOTLE'S CLAIMS THAT INSECTS LACK INTERNAL ANATOMY. 25x41 cm folio hardcover, recent 3/4 leather binding, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, gilt titles, new endpapers, xx[viii,]236,153,lxiii[12]p,53 engraved plates. Light wear to cover edges, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, scattered light foxing, light browning to page edges, fine impressions of the plates, each with small institutional library stamp. JOHANNES SWAMMERDAM (1637 – 1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect are different forms of the same animal. As part of his anatomical research, he carried out experiments on muscle contraction. In 1658, he was the first to observe and describe red blood cells. He was one of the first people to use the microscope in dissections, and his techniques remained useful for hundreds of years.Despite his father's wish that he should study theology Swammerdam started to study medicine in 1661 at the University of Leiden. In 1663 Swammerdam moved to France to continue his studies. 1665 he returned to the Dutch Republic and joined a group of physicians who performed dissections and published their findings. While studying medicine Swammerdam had started to dissect insects and after qualifying as a doctor, he focused on them. His father pressured him to earn a living, but Swammerdam persevered and in late 1669 published Historia insectorum generalis (The General History of Insects, or General Treatise on little Bloodless Animals). The treatise summarized his study of insects he had collected in France and around Amsterdam. He countered the prevailing Aristotelian notion that insects were imperfect animals that lacked internal anatomy. Following the publication his father withdrew all financial support. As a result, Swammerdam was forced to practice medicine to finance his own research. Having studied the reproductive organs of men and women at university he set out to study the generation of insects. Inside a caterpillar the limbs and wings of the butterfly could be seen (now called the imaginal discs). When Swammerdam published The General History of Insects he not only did away with the idea that insects lacked internal anatomy but also attacked the Christian notion that insects originated from spontaneous generation. His religious crisis only interrupted his scientific research briefly and until his premature death aged 43, he worked on what was to become his main work. It remained unpublished when he died in 1680 and was published as Bybel der natuure posthumously in 1737 by the Leiden University professor Herman Boerhaave. Convinced that all insects were worth studying, Swammerdam had compiled an epic treatise on as many insects as he could, using the microscope and dissection. Swammerdam's Historia insectorum generalis was widely known and applauded before he died. Two years after his death in 1680 it was translated into French and in 1685 it was translated into Latin. An English translation of his entomological works by T. Floyd was published in 1758 (offered here).

The Writings of Charles Dickens : With Critical and Bibliographical Introductions and Notes by Edwin Whipple and Others (Standard Library Edition) by Dickens, Charles

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Title: The Writings of Charles Dickens : With Critical and Bibliographical Introductions and Notes by Edwin Whipple and Others (Standard Library Edition)
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Hardcover. Good. 32 volumes complete. 8vo. Solid Standard Library Edition of Dickens' works, uniformly bound in gilt-bordered red cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and decoration with the author's initials stamped in gold on the front board. Steel engravings and portraits throughout ",,,from the original designs by Browne, Cruikshank, Leech, and others. All volumes are square and clean throughout with little or toning or spotting. Bindings generally solid and tight though there are a few volumes where hinges are starting but firm. There is one volume with a larger 3" split along the top of the front hinge but board still well-attached. Spine git is dulling though front boards are fresh and bright. Wear to spine ends and tips on several volumes as well as a few bits of cloth loss. A few volume have had torn spine cloth which has been repaired though still noticeable. Each volume has a bookplate with indecipherable ownership signature with the Latin Psalm 26, "Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea: quem timebo? (The Lord is the source of my light and my safety, so whom shall I fear?) Not perfect, but a solid collectable set at a terrific price. Most volumes grade Very Good though overall condition less due to the aforementioned flaws on several others. Please note: This is a very large, heavy set, weighing over 60lbs, (almost 30 kilos), and will require additional postage even for Ground or Media Mail.

Moncrif's Cats, Les Chats de Francois by de MONCRIF, Augustin Paradis. Reginald BRETNOR, translator

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Title: Moncrif's Cats, Les Chats de Francois
Author: de MONCRIF, Augustin Paradis. Reginald BRETNOR, translator
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Poetry. [POETRY] [LETTERS]. Limited edition, number 232 of 400. 4to; 187pp; publisher's alternative half-binding of royal blue cloth with a red overlay; gilt-stamped roundel with the portrait of a cat on front, gilt lettering on front and spine; bottom edge untrimmed; title page printed in black and red; 9 plates and one fold-out historical genealogy reproduced by collotype; publisher's glassine dust jacket, creases and a chip to front corner; fine in a very good plus glassine jacket. A limited edition copy of the translation from the French of Moncrif's ode to cats. Augustin de Moncrif (1687-1770) was the court appointed royal historian of King Louis XV of France. His humorous dissertation written in 1727 titled Histoire des Chats : dissertation sur la prééminence des chats dans la société, sur les autres animaux d'Égypte, sur les distinctions et privilèges dont ils ont joui personnellement, is illustrated with wonderful reproductions from the original publication.

The Pleasures of Memory. In Two Parts by [ROGERS, Samuel]

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Title: The Pleasures of Memory. In Two Parts
Author: [ROGERS, Samuel]
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Condition: Binding rubbed and a bit worn, internally clean and bright, contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf
Description: Dublin: William Porter, 1802. Binding rubbed and a bit worn, internally clean and bright, contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf. 12mo. 62 pages. Two engraved plates. Contemporary Irish binding, full mottled calf, gilt flortiate roll on sides. Scarce Dublin edition, published the same year as the London and New York editions.

Wilde's Summer Rose; or The Lament of the Captive by Wilde, R. H.; Barclay, Anthony Esq

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Title: Wilde's Summer Rose; or The Lament of the Captive
Author: Wilde, R. H.; Barclay, Anthony Esq
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Savannah: Georgia Historical Society. J. H. Estill, Printer, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [3], .70 pages, [4]. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lined borders and title on the front cover. All edges gilt. Areas of rubbed cloth along the edges. Previous owner illustrated book plate with initials RBH on the front paste down. This copy includes a post card of Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia addressed to "Miss J. Troy Tuscaloosa, Ala" from past President of the College Dupont Guerry. Also included is an undated Platt of land along the Savannah River. The Platt is chipped with significant loss at the bottom of the paper resulting in loss of dimensions of the land. The Platt does not name an owner. Laid inside the book is one page letter (folded with two blank sides and an address on the back side) dated March 7, 1835 and signed at the bottom by R. H. Wilde. The letter appears to be addressed to B. F. Butler. The writing is difficult to decipher but the signature is neat and legible. Approx. 5" x 3.5" section of paper clipped from the letter but no missing content of the signed one page letter.

Treatment of international questions by Parliaments in European countries, The United States, and Japan

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Title: Treatment of international questions by Parliaments in European countries, The United States, and Japan
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Description: London: printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, printed by Harrison an Sons, 1912. Folio, pp. 33, [1]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; light chipping, pressure stamp on first leaf; accession numbers at lower left corner of first page; all else very good. Contains 23 responses from 23 countries on the methods adopted "through official committees or otherwise," by the Parliament of the country in question.

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