[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1675 Illustrated Treatise on the Life Cycle and Anatomy of the Mayfly

[Charles Agvent]

SWAMMERDAM, Jan. EPHEMERI VITA. OF AFBEELDINGH VAN 'S MENSCHEN LEVEN, 
VERTOONT IN DE WONDERBAARLIJCKE EN NOOYT GEHOORDE HISTORIE VAN HET 
VLIEGENT ENDE EEN-DAGH-LEVENT HAFT OF OEVER-AAS. Een dierken, ten 
aansien van sijn naam, over al in Neerlandt bekent... Amsterdam: Abraham 
Wolfgang, 1675. First Edition. Octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in contemporary 
vellum; [xxxii], 422, [8] pages. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates (2 
folding). A scarce treatise on the life cycle and anatomy of the mayfly 
based on microscopic examination, dissection, and experimentation by one 
of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. 
Swammerdam saw his scientific work as a form of divine worship, a 
concept that is evident in his title for this book which hints at God's 
work behind the wonders of nature. The EPHEMERI VITA was translated into 
English in 1681 under the title EPHEMERI VITA: OR THE NATURAL HISTORY 
AND ANATOMY OF THE EPHEMERON, A FLY THAT LIVES BUT FIVE HOURS. Generally 
clean, dampstain affecting the top half of the last dozen pages 
including most of the plates; folding plates with short splits; binding 
a little soiled. Very Good and quite scarce. (#020563)        $2,500

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