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Venice, Eredi Hertz, 1742. In 4°. Seven parts in 5 vols. (1) c. (of a folded engraved plate representing four sides of a coin, one with the author's profile) 42 (4) 141 (1) 29 c. (of engraved plates), (2) 142 (2) XXVI c. (of engraved plates) 39 (3) (2) c. (of engraved plates); (8) 86 (2) 6 c. (of engraved plates), 302 (1) c. (of engraved plate); (8) 318 (2); (20) (2) c. (of portraits of Antonio Vallisnieri and Francescio Redi) 467 (1); (22) (1) c. (engraved endpaper with allegorical vignette and the inscription Letters of Francesco Redi part II) 319 (3); (10) (1) c. (early title engraved with allegorical vignette and the inscription Opere del Redi Consulti Medici etc Tomo Sesto) 339 (1); (10) (1) c. (early title engraved with allegorical vignette and the inscription Lettere di Francesco Redi parte II) 148 (1) c. (early title engraved with allegorical vignette and the inscription Arianna Ditirambo del Redi) (2) 64. On the frontispiece, a chalcographic monogram of the Hertz publishers, other plates engraved on full page in the text. Contemporary binding in half spotted leather and cardboard, the volumes collected in a brown cardboard box.
Specialist Notes
The first volume contains: Life of Francesco Redi; Experiments on the Generation of Insects; Observations of Mr. Francesco Redi on Living Animals, which are found in Living Animals; Observations on the Skins of the Human Body, previously published under the name of Dr. Giovancosimo Bonomo . The second volume contains Observations and Letters . The third volume contains: Bacchus in Tuscany; Sonnets and two additions of various poems and sonnets. The fourth and fifth volumes contain letters. The sixth and seventh volumes contain Medical Consultations and other literary works.
Francesco Redi (Arezzo, 18 February 1626 Pisa, 1 March 1697) was an Italian doctor, naturalist and man of letters. He is the founder of experimental biology, and is nicknamed the Father of modern parasitology. Redi is considered one of the greatest biologists of all time. He published a large number of naturalistic research, which aroused great interest throughout Europe. In the Observations Around Vipers he demonstrated that the venom of these animals, contrary to the common opinion of the time, is harmful only if inoculated into the wound and not if ingested. Particularly important are his Experiments Around the Generation of Insects of 1668, born from a letter to Carlo Dati, in which he refuted the theory of spontaneous generation, generally accepted at the time, with an in-depth experimental study of the reproduction of flies. In Redi's scientific work, even more essential than the results obtained is the method used, which ensures him a place of great importance in the history of the experimental method.
Francesco Redi (Arezzo, 18 February 1626 Pisa, 1 March 1697) was an Italian doctor, naturalist and man of letters. He is the founder of experimental biology, and is nicknamed the Father of modern parasitology. Redi is considered one of the greatest biologists of all time. He published a large number of naturalistic research, which aroused great interest throughout Europe. In the Observations Around Vipers he demonstrated that the venom of these animals, contrary to the common opinion of the time, is harmful only if inoculated into the wound and not if ingested. Particularly important are his Experiments Around the Generation of Insects of 1668, born from a letter to Carlo Dati, in which he refuted the theory of spontaneous generation, generally accepted at the time, with an in-depth experimental study of the reproduction of flies. In Redi's scientific work, even more essential than the results obtained is the method used, which ensures him a place of great importance in the history of the experimental method.
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