GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). Musaeum regalis societatis, London: printed by W. Rawlins for the author, 1681, 2° (313 x 193mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates, one folding (one engraving pasted on to verso of dedication and another one to verso of final leaf, both uncalled for, first gathering almost detached, A5 holed without loss and B3 with loss but sense recoverable, a few marginal tears, occasional dust-soiling, contemporary annotations and corrections in ink to verso of title, dedication and a few leaves of text), contemporary speckled calf (restored, slight wear to joints and raised bands), sprinkled edges, bookplate of F. F. M. Browne. [Dawson 2885; Garrsion & Morton 297; Nissen 1714; Norman 945; Wing G1952].

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GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). Musaeum regalis societatis, London: printed by W. Rawlins for the author, 1681, 2° (313 x 193mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates, one folding (one engraving pasted on to verso of dedication and another one to verso of final leaf, both uncalled for, first gathering almost detached, A5 holed without loss and B3 with loss but sense recoverable, a few marginal tears, occasional dust-soiling, contemporary annotations and corrections in ink to verso of title, dedication and a few leaves of text), contemporary speckled calf (restored, slight wear to joints and raised bands), sprinkled edges, bookplate of F. F. M. Browne. [Dawson 2885; Garrsion & Morton 297; Nissen 1714; Norman 945; Wing G1952].

拍品專文

"Grew, secretary to the Royal Society, compiled this great illustrated catalogue of its museum, then housed at Gresham College. Published with the catalogue is Grew's study of the stomach organs, which is the first zoological book to have the term 'comparative anatomy' on the title page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method." (Garrison & Morton)