Search Results: dissertatio epistolica de formatione pulli in by malpighi marcello

London, John Martyn, 1673. *** Première édition. Malpighi y étudie avec minutie le développement du poussin dans l'oeuf. Les 4 planches dépliantes, portant 35 sujets, montrent tous les stades de l'embryon. This book "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 469. Papier bruni. Très bel exemplaire, grand de marges, dans son cartonnage d'origine. Petit ex-libris héraldique estampé à froid partiellement effacé sur la page de titre. Norman 1429. *** In-4 de (4), 42 pp., 4 planches h.-t. Cartonnage papier écru "carta rustica". (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First edition. A major work in the history of embryology. Malpighi studies in detail the development of the chick in the egg. The 4… Read More

1673. Londoni, Apud Joannem Martyn, 1673, 4°, 27 pp., (1) pp.; (2) pp., pp.29-42, 4 gefalt Folio Kupferstichtafeln, Ledereinband d.Zt.; Rücken erneuert, feines Exemplar mit breiten Rändern und dem meist fehlenden extra Titelblatt. Milestone in the history of modern embryology, unsurpassed until Wolf's rare treatise at the end of the 18th century. First edition, with wide margin and folded untrimmed copper plates of this fundamental work which "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 "As with his investigations in comparative anatomy, Malpighi was led to embryological research as a means of understanding more highly developed structures. His study of the development of the chicken in the egg went far beyond the work of Harvey and Fabrici, dealing with the internal structures to an unprecedented extent: his chief… Read More