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First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.

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SLABBER, Martinus.

Natuurkundige Verlustigingen, behelzende microscopise waarneemingen van in- en uitlandse water- en land-dieren.

Haarlem, J. Bosch, 1769-1778.

£950.00
£950.00

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First 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.

Author 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.

First 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.

Stock code 114661

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First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.

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