Paris - Pavie, Pierre J. Duplain, 1787.
Trois volumes in-8 (195x119 mm), vol. 1: (6)-cxiv-352 pages et 6 planches hors texte / vol. 2: (4)-730-(2) pages / vol. 3: (4)-xcvi-413 pages et 3 planches hors texte. reliure : Plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré portant les pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches rouges. Coins et deux coiffes abîmés. Reliure frottée avec quelques petits manques. Texte très frais.
références: DSB [ XII, p. 553-567 : "Among the many dedicated natural philosophers of the eighteenth century, Spallanzani stands preeminent for applying bold and imaginative experimental methods to an extraordinay range of hypotheses and phenomena. His main scientific interests were biological and he acquired a mastery of microscopy; [...] His ingenious and painstaking researches illuminated the physiology of blood circulation and of digestion in man and animals and also of reproduction and respiration in animals and plants. The relentless thoroughness of his work on the animalcules of infusions discredited the doctrine of spontaneous generation and pointed the way to preservation of foodstuffs by heat. [...] The sections on digestion and on reproduction, translated by Senebier appeared separately. These two dissertations in french, added to the Opuscules, were republished as Oeuvres de M. L'Abbé Spallanzani, 3 vols. (Pavia - Paris, 1787)." ].
provenance: Bibliothèque du château des Ormes (ex-libris).
Prix : 500 €