The Book of Nature (1737) - Page 7

JOANNIS SWAMMERDAMMII,

OF AMSTERDAM,

BIBLIA NATURAE;

O R

HISTORY OF INSECTS,

REDUCED TO CERTAIN CLASSES, AND ALSO ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES, AND

ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS SMALL ANIMALS,

AND COPPER PLATES.

INSERTING NUMEROUS RARE OBSERVATIONS

OF NATURE.

All written in the Dutch language, the vernacular of the Author.

ACCOMPANIED BY A PREFACE, IN WHICH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY

HERMANNUS BOERHAAVE,

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE &C. &C.

THE LATIN VERSION WAS CONTRIBUTED BY

HIERONIMUS DAVID GAUBIUS,

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE & CHEMISTRY.

II. V O L U M E S.

An oval engraving depicts a scholarly scene with figures studying insects and anatomical specimens, with a small circular printer's mark or emblem to the right.

A T L E I D E N,

APUD { ISAACUM SEVERINUM,

BALDUINUM VANDER AA,

PETRUM VANDER AA.

M D C C X X X V I I.