72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72/2170 [Entomology]. Swammerdam, J. Biblia Naturae; sive Historia Insectorum. Bybel der Natuure, of Historie der Insecten. Verrykt met ontelbaare waarnemingen van nooit ontdekte zeldzaamheden in de natuur. Ed. H. Boerhaave. Latin transl. H.D. Gaubius. Leyden, I. Severinus, B. and P. van der Aa, 1737/ 1738, 2 vols., (62),550; (4),551-910,(36 index), 124("uitlegging der tafereelen")p., engr. title-vignettes, juxtaposed Latin and Dutch text, 53 engr. plates (52 fold.) by J. VAN DER SPYK, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine, folio. - Without pages 363-366 as always; a few sm. stains; 2nd vol. waterstain in inner margin at final few lvs. First vol. lacks top compartment of backstrip; both vols. spine-ends dam.; covers (sl.) worn and scratched; corners showing; joints splitting. = Lindeboom 566; Cole, Comparative anatomy, p.270-305; Dibner, Heralds, 291; Hagen II, p.209; Horn-Schenkling 2197; Nissen, ZBI 4055; Wheeler gift 291. Norman Library 2037: "Despite a scientific career that lasted only a dozen years, Swammerdam was one of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. His most remarkable work was in the field of insect anatomy, which he undertook in order to disprove still-current Aristotelian notions (which he opposed upon religious grounds) that insects lack internal anatomy, develop by metamorphosis (sudden and complete transformation) and arise from spontaneous generation. By refining his techniques of microdissection and injection to the point where he could use them on the smallest and most delicate anatomical parts, Swammerdam was able to illustrate for the first time the complex internal structures of insects, including their reproductive organs; and to demonstrate the gradual development of an insect's adult form throughout all its larval stages. These observations are "indubitably the foundation of our modern knowledge of the structure, metamorphosis and classification of insects" (Cole, p.285). In addition, Swammerdam performed valuable investigations of crustaceans, mollusks and frogs, and was the first to prove experimentally that muscles do not increase in bulk when contracted via nerve stimulation. The Biblia naturae, Swammerdam's major work, was published fifty-seven years after his death by Herman Boerhaave, who assembled it from unpublished manuscript materials integrated with a slightly revised version of Swammerdam's Historia insectorum generalis (1669). Boerhaave's biography of the author, which prefaces the work, remains the chief published source of information about Swammerdam's life. The book's fifty-three copperplates were prepared under Swammerdam's direction from his own drawings." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72 2170 Entomology Swammerdam J 72/2170 [Entomology]. Swammerdam, J. Biblia Naturae; sive Historia Insectorum. Bybel der Natuure, of Historie der Insecten. Verrykt met ontelbaare waarnemingen van nooit ontdekte zeldzaamheden in de natuur. Ed. H. Boerhaave. Latin transl. H.D. Gaubius. Leyden, I. Severinus, B. and P. van der Aa, 1737/ 1738, 2 vols., (62),550; (4),551-910,(36 index), 124("uitlegging der tafereelen")p., engr. title-vignettes, juxtaposed Latin and Dutch text, 53 engr. plates (52 fold.) by J. VAN DER SPYK, contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine, folio. - Without pages 363-366 as always; a few sm. stains; 2nd vol. waterstain in inner margin at final few lvs. First vol. lacks top compartment of backstrip; both vols. spine-ends dam.; covers (sl.) worn and scratched; corners showing; joints splitting. = Lindeboom 566; Cole, Comparative anatomy, p.270-305; Dibner, Heralds, 291; Hagen II, p.209; Horn-Schenkling 2197; Nissen, ZBI 4055; Wheeler gift 291. Norman Library 2037: "Despite a scientific career that lasted only a dozen years, Swammerdam was one of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. His most remarkable work was in the field of insect anatomy, which he undertook in order to disprove still-current Aristotelian notions (which he opposed upon religious grounds) that insects lack internal anatomy, develop by metamorphosis (sudden and complete transformation) and arise from spontaneous generation. By refining his techniques of microdissection and injection to the point where he could use them on the smallest and most delicate anatomical parts, Swammerdam was able to illustrate for the first time the complex internal structures of insects, including their reproductive organs; and to demonstrate the gradual development of an insect's adult form throughout all its larval stages. These observations are "indubitably the foundation of our modern knowledge of the structure, metamorphosis and classification of insects" (Cole, p.285). In addition, Swammerdam performed valuable investigations of crustaceans, mollusks and frogs, and was the first to prove experimentally that muscles do not increase in bulk when contracted via nerve stimulation. The Biblia naturae, Swammerdam's major work, was published fifty-seven years after his death by Herman Boerhaave, who assembled it from unpublished manuscript materials integrated with a slightly revised version of Swammerdam's Historia insectorum generalis (1669). Boerhaave's biography of the author, which prefaces the work, remains the chief published source of information about Swammerdam's life. The book's fifty-three copperplates were prepared under Swammerdam's direction from his own drawings." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
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