First edition.

The first part of the book deals with the origin of life and is chiefly a defense of Aristotle's doctrine of spontaneous generation.

The second part has engraved t.p.: Pars secunda seu Supplementum Recreationis mentis et oculi in obseruatione testaceorum quorum aliqua exprimuntur non antea in lucem edita; the Recreatio mentis had been published in 1684.

The Micrographia curiosa was later published separately: Romae : Typis Antonii de Rubeis, MDCCIII. [1703]

The engraved frontispiece is dated 1692.

Woodcut initials, tail-pieces; side-notes.

"Errata benignus lector typographo condonabit": p. [1] of last group; p. [343] has same heading, but without the list of errors: it may be the recto side of a cancelled leaf.

Signatures: 2A-2Va-mn.

Includes bibliographical references ("Index auctorum": p. 341-342) and indexes.

Nissen. Zoologische Buchillustration, 752

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013481437) imperfect: lacking engraved t.p.

SCNHRB c. 1 has contemporary engraved armorial bookplate: Andreas Hedio.

SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on t.p. and pl. facing p. 234: Bibliotheca Seminarii Plocensis.

SCNHRB c. 1 has occasional ink ms notes and markings in text.

SCNHRB c. 1 in stiff vellum boards, blue edges.

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013481478) inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: Theo. Pergande, Washington, D.C. 1883.

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jun 29, 1916 [ms. acc. no.] 236273.

SCNHRB c. 2 in stiff vellum boards, title in gilt within leather spine label, ms spine label.