12mo (147x80 mm), (24)-443-(59) pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spines in six compartments. Corners bumped.
First french edition. Professor of botany and surgery at the University of Leipzig, Ferguson [I,251] reports that Ettmuller died on March 9, 1683 as a result of an unfortunate chemistry experiment.
references: Duveen [197 :"This work was first published in Latin at Leiden 1683"].