MALPIGHI, Marcello. Dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in ovo. London: J Martyn, 1673.

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MALPIGHI, Marcello. Dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in ovo. London: J Martyn, 1673.

4o (231 x 173 mm). 4 folding engraved plates (a few small tears with repairs on versos). Modern half calf (spine lightly scuffed). Provenance: Meyer Friedman (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. Malpighi's famous treatise on the chick embryo. It "placed the study of embryology on a sound basis, surpassing in accuracy all other contemporary work on the subject and forwshadowing some of the more important general lines of research in embryology." (Garrison- Morton). The four plates illustrated the successive stages of chick embryo development. Garrison-Morton 468; NLM/Krivatsy 7335; Norman 1429.