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MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia. 116 (of 123) engraved plates; without the 7 small supplementary plates, sometimes lacking. [8], 78 [i. e., 82], [2], 35, [1]; [8], 72, [4], 65-68, 5-44, [4], 20, [2], 144 pages, including engraved frontispiece * Opera posthuma . . . quibus praefixa est eiusdem vita a seipso scripta [with De structura glandularum conglobatarum]. Engraved frontispiece (here bound at end) and 19 plates. [4], 110, 187, [1]; [2], 10 pages, including portrait of Malpighi. Together, 2 works in one volume. Folio, contemporary calf, small stain on front cover, minor surface wear on rear cover, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional light toning and minor spotting. London: Robert Scott & George Wells, 1686; A. & J. Churchill; 1697
first editions, forming the first complete collection of Malpighi's writings on his investigations into the micropscopic structures of plant and animal anatomy, which produced groundbreaking contributions to embryology, histology, and physiology. Garrison-Morton 66 (see also 535, 536, 760, 915, 1230, 4299); Krivatsy 7319, 7322; Russell 556, 559; Wing M342, M352.
