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Francisci Redi Opusculorum (v.2)

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Type of record: Book

Title: Francisci Redi Opusculorum (v.2)

Other titles: Opusculorum pars prior[-tomus secundus]; Experimenta circa generationem insectorum ad illustrem virum Caroli Dati; Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas quae ex Indiis afferuntur; De insectis; Experimenta naturalia; Fr. Redi De insectis; Francisci Redi, nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas quae ex Indiis afferuntur; Frid. Lachmund De ave Diomedea dissertatio; Francisci Redi Experimenta natu[r]alia

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Classmark: Leeds Phil. and Lit. B/RED

Creator(s): Redi, Francesco (1626-1698)

Additional creator(s): Redi, Francesco (1626-1698) (Other); Lachmund, Friedrich (1635-1676) (Other); Hooghe, Romeyn de (1645-1708) (Other)

Related people: Redi, Francesco; Lachmund, Friedrich; Redi, Francesco; Hooghe, Romeyn de

Publisher: Apud Henricum Wetstenium

Publication city: Amstelaedami

Date(s): 1685-1686

Language: Latin

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/243187

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014167649705181

Collection group(s): Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

Description

Includes illustrations by or after Romeyn de Hooghe.


Vol. 1 has title: Francisci Redi, patricii Aretini, Opusculorum pars prior, sive Experimenta circa generationem insectorum ad illustrem virum Carolum Dati. : Accedit J. Frid. Lachmund De ave Diomedea dissertatio. Amstelædami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, M DC LXXXVI. [1686].


Title of v. 2 from half title, which reads: Francisci Redi Opusculorum tomus alter.


Vol. 2 also has special t.p.: Francisci Redi, nobilis Aretini, Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas quae ex Indiis afferuntur. : Ut & alia ejusdem opuscula, quæ paginâ sequenti narrantur. Amstelædami : Apud Henr. Wetstenium., M D C LXXXV. [1685].


Each vol. has added engraved t.p.: v. 1 reads: Fr. Redi De insectis; v. 2 reads: Francisci Redi Experimenta natu[r]alia.


Edition statement from v.1, p. [12] of 1st group.


Vol. 1: 1686; v. 2: 1685.


Vol. 1: [12], 216, [10], 40, [8] p. (the last leaf blank), [45] leaves of plates (15 folded); v. 2: [8], 312, [32] p., [10] folded leaves of plates.


Vol. 2 has title vignette on special t.p.


Includes indexes.


Partial contents: (from p. 1, p. [12] of 1st group) v. 2. Experimenta circa varias res naturales, speciatim illas quæ ex Indiis afferuntur -- Observationes de viperis -- Epistola de quibusdam objectionibus contra suas de viperis observationes -- Observationes circa illas guttulas & fila ex vitro, quæ rupta in quæcunquesui parte, dissiliunt & comminuuntur.


Prandi, D. Redi 40.

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