SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680). Biblia Naturae; sive historia insectorum, Leiden: I. Severinus and B. & A. van der Aa, 1737-38, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, 53 engraved plates by J.v.d. Spyk, all but one folding (perforation stamp on titles, ink stamp on verso of plates, paper repair to Gg1), 19th-century marbled boards backed in library cloth (rubbed) [Nissen ZBI 4055] Provenance: JCL; and 2 copies of the 1752 Leipzig edition with engraved plates by J.C.G. Fritzsch (both copies browned). (4)

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SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680). Biblia Naturae; sive historia insectorum, Leiden: I. Severinus and B. & A. van der Aa, 1737-38, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, 53 engraved plates by J.v.d. Spyk, all but one folding (perforation stamp on titles, ink stamp on verso of plates, paper repair to Gg1), 19th-century marbled boards backed in library cloth (rubbed) [Nissen ZBI 4055] Provenance: JCL; and 2 copies of the 1752 Leipzig edition with engraved plates by J.C.G. Fritzsch (both copies browned). (4)

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