Slabber martinus (3 Ergebnisse)

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.…

Zustand: Very Good. (4),(8),166, 18 hand-col engraved plates. . HB. 4to, cont. half calf, rebacked and with new corners in morroco, orig. calf backstrip (with gilt tooling), laid down (with some loss at top/bottom), marbled boards, new marbled endpapers. Marginal tear to final text leaf neatly repaired. Vg clean copy with wide margins. First edition. Rare and important work of microscopical observations on marine and other invertebrates. The complete work, issued over 9 years (1769-1778) in 18 parts, each with a fine hand-coloured copperplate by R. Muys after P.M. Brasser, or M. Slabber, each part with a dedication leaf. [Landwehr, 187; Nissen ZBI, 3861].…

Originele halflederen band, verguld op de rug, gemarmerde platten. Met gegraveerd frontispice, titelgravure, 3 uitslaande gravures en verscheidene tabellen. . -(Slijtage aan de uiteinden van de rug en omslag, ex libris en nummer in inkt op binnenzijde voorplat, maar verder is het boek in zeer goede conditie.).…