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MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628-1694). Dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in ovo. London: John Martin, 1673.
4o (237 x 176 mm). G2 cancelled (Krivatsy states this leaf is the title-page for his Dissertationes epistolicae duae). 4 folding engraved plates (some repairs at folds on verso). Some minor pale browning.) Modern calf.
FIRST EDITION of Malpighi's work which, along with his De ovo incubato (1673), "placed the study of embryology on a sound basis, surpassing in accuracy all other contemporary work on the subject and foreshadowing some of the more important general lines of research in embryology" (Garrison-Morton). Nissen ZBI 2660; NLM/Krivatsy 7335; Wing M-350; Norman 1429.
4o (237 x 176 mm). G2 cancelled (Krivatsy states this leaf is the title-page for his Dissertationes epistolicae duae). 4 folding engraved plates (some repairs at folds on verso). Some minor pale browning.) Modern calf.
FIRST EDITION of Malpighi's work which, along with his De ovo incubato (1673), "placed the study of embryology on a sound basis, surpassing in accuracy all other contemporary work on the subject and foreshadowing some of the more important general lines of research in embryology" (Garrison-Morton). Nissen ZBI 2660; NLM/Krivatsy 7335; Wing M-350; Norman 1429.