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MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia. 118 engraved plates. [16], 170, [22]; 379, [37] pages, including etched allegorical additional title. 2 volumes. bound with his: De structura glandularum conglobatarum consiliumque partium epistola. 16 pages. and his:Opera posthuma. 19 folding engraved plates. [16], 387 pages. Together, 4 volumes in one. 4to, 237x195 mm, contemporary vellum with spine title in ink and blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, somewhat soiled and discolored, spine darkened, covers warped; varying marginal toning or foxing, occasional soiling, vertical crease in Opera omnia additional title, small hole in ²Y2 affecting a few letters, dampstain in outer margin of plates in Opera posthuma. Stamp of the Bohemian-Dutch composer Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi (d. 1808) on verso of Opera omnia title. Amsterdam: Petrus Vander Aa, 1687; 1690; Georgius Gallet, 1698
Malpighi's collected writings on his investigations into the micropscopic structures of plant and animal anatomy, which produced groundbreaking contributions to embryology, histology, and physiology. Frati 3, 36, 5; Krivatsy 7321, 7330, 7323; Waller 6202, 6199, 6203.
