{"product_id":"martinus-slabber-natuurkundige-verlustigingen-first-edition-1769-1778-114661","title":"Natuurkundige Verlustigingen,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ebeautiful illustrations\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst and only edition of this rare and beautifully illustrated work of microscopy comprising eighteen separate fascicles published between 1769 and 1778. Each contains a detailed, hand-coloured plate depicting primarily marine invertebrates, including copepods, nudibranchs, shrimp, worms, and jellyfish, as well as spiders, midges, mites, and a mosquito larva.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Martinus Slabber (1740-1835) was a Dutch public official and naturalist who was the first to describe a number of oceanic species, including phylum of predatory marine worms, the chaetognaths. Slabber was a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and sold his collection of bird specimens to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition; tall 4to (26 x 20 cm); 18 hand-coloured engraved plates of which 6 are folding, the occasional light spot to contents but overall clean; late-20th century calf, black morocco label to spine, new endpapers and blanks, spine and edges of boards faded, lightly rubbed, very good condition; 165 pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"SLABBER, Martinus.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519746351479,"sku":"114661","price":1282.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/114661_01.jpg?v=1791384016","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/martinus-slabber-natuurkundige-verlustigingen-first-edition-1769-1778-114661","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}