SWAMMERDAM (Joannes). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes transl - Lot 100

SWAMMERDAM (Joannes). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes translated from the Biblia Naturæ. Dijon, Desventes et Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Ganeau, Guillyn et Lambert, 1758. In-4° with xl, 673 pp. Table and 36 folding plates. Chipped fawn calf, 5-rib flowered spine, t. and tom. pages in fawn morocco, double gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (period binding). Complete with plates. This volume, published independently, as the bookseller points out, is volume V of the series: Collection Académique, composed of the memoirs, acts or journals of the most famous Academies & Sociétés Littéraires Étrangères. This is the first French translation of Swammerdam's famous "Biblia Naturæ", one of the finest collections of microscopic observations ever made, with some of its illustrations still unsurpassed. Discreet restoration to binding, small defect to head cap, title page renewed, tomass piece damaged, fresh interior. A good copy.