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.
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680)
Category
Books
Date
1758
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3050725
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],xx,[6],236;153;[1],lxiii,[13]p., LIII leaves of plates . ill.. . fol... Provenance: Title page inscribed: "Ld. Blesinton" [i.e. William Stewart, Earl of Blesington (d. 1774)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gold-tooled fillets; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) Thomas Flloyd John Hill (1714-1775) René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757)