Jun 13, 2024 - Sale 2672

Sale 2672 - Lot 176

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTOMOLOGY -- MAYFLIES.) Johannes Swammerdam. Ephemeri Vita of Afbeeldingh van 's Menschen Leven, Vertoont in de Wonderbaarelijcke en Nooyt Gehoorde Historie van het Vliegent ende Een-Dagh-Levent Haft of Oever-Aas. 8 engraved plates illustrating the anatomy and metamorphosis of mayflies from nymph to spinner stages (2 folding, plate 4 partly missing). 8vo, 6½x4 inches, contemporary vellum appropriately aged but sound; dampstaining, fold separations to plate 3. Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang, 1675