MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628-1694). Dissertatio Epistolica de Bombyce, London: J. Martyn & J. Allestry, 1669, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 12 folding engraved plates (a3 blank, accession number on a2, perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, several plates browned, one with a clean tear), contemporary vellum. [Brunet III, 1347; Nissen ZBI 2658; Norman 1428] Provenance: JCL

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MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628-1694). Dissertatio Epistolica de Bombyce, London: J. Martyn & J. Allestry, 1669, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 12 folding engraved plates (a3 blank, accession number on a2, perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, several plates browned, one with a clean tear), contemporary vellum. [Brunet III, 1347; Nissen ZBI 2658; Norman 1428] Provenance: JCL

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The first monograph on an invertebrate. It was published both separately and together with Malphigi's Dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in ovo (1673).

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