MUELLER, Otto Frederick (1730-1784). Von Würmern des Suesser und Salzigen Wassers, Copenhagen: Heineck & Faber, 1771, FIRST EDITION, 4°, engraved vignette on title, 16 engraved plates, 2 folding tables (perforation stamp on title, ink ownership stamp), contemporary boards (rebacked in cloth); Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, Copenhagen & Leipzig: M. Hallager, 1773-74, 2 volumes in one, 4°, FIRST EDITION (perforation stamp on title and one text leaf), library cloth. [Brunet III, 1939] Provenance: JCL (2)

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MUELLER, Otto Frederick (1730-1784). Von Würmern des Suesser und Salzigen Wassers, Copenhagen: Heineck & Faber, 1771, FIRST EDITION, 4°, engraved vignette on title, 16 engraved plates, 2 folding tables (perforation stamp on title, ink ownership stamp), contemporary boards (rebacked in cloth); Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, Copenhagen & Leipzig: M. Hallager, 1773-74, 2 volumes in one, 4°, FIRST EDITION (perforation stamp on title and one text leaf), library cloth. [Brunet III, 1939] Provenance: JCL (2)

拍品專文

Müller was the first to attempt a systematic classification of bacteria. His Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium describes many new species of freshwater and terrestrial molluscs.