The Book of Nature (1737) - Page 6

BIBLE OF NATURE,

B Y

JAN SWAMMERDAM,

OF AMSTERDAM.

O R

HISTORY OF INSECTS,

ARRANGED INTO CERTAIN CLASSES: BY EXAMPLES,

ANATOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF VARIOUS

SMALL ANIMALS, AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATED BY

ARTFUL COPPER PLATES.

ENRICHED WITH COUNTLESS OBSERVATIONS OF NEVER-

BEFORE-DISCOVERED RARITIES IN NATURE.

All described in Dutch, the Author’s mother tongue.

ACCOMPANIED BY A PREFACE, IN WHICH THE LIFE

OF THE AUTHOR IS DESCRIBED BY

HERMAN BOERHAAVE,

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, &C. &C.

THE LATIN TRANSLATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY

HIERONIMUS DAVID GAUBIUS,

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND CHEMISTRY.

I I. V O L U M E S.

A circular printer's device features a figure standing on a globe, holding a cloth, with the Latin motto "AUDACES FORTUNA JUVAT" Fortune favors the bold inscribed around the border.

A small, circular, somewhat faded heraldic seal or printer's mark is positioned to the left of the main emblem.

A T L E I D E N,

By { ISAAK SEVERINUS,

B O U D E W Y N V A N D E R A A,

P I E T E R V A N D E R A A

M D C C X X X V I I.