TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-59). Mémoires, pour Servir à l' Histoire d' un Genre de Polypes d' Eau... TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-59). Mémoires, pour Servir à l' Histoire d' un Genre de Polypes d' Eau Douce, à Bras en Forme de Cornes. Leiden: Chez Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744. 4to (255 x 195mm). Woodcut ornament on title, headpieces, initials and culs-de-lampe, fine engraved illustrations, 13 folding engraved plates, plate 10 with captions printed in red, "Avis au Relieur" leaf at the end (B2 partially detached, variable spotting and staining to text throughout). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece (neatly rebacked preserving old spine, lightly rubbed). Provenance: illegible small signature stamp in blue on title. FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 307: "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in its asexual reproduction, regeneration, and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division"; Nissen ZBI 4163; Norman 2094.
TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-59). Mémoires, pour Servir à l' Histoire d' un Genre de Polypes d' Eau... TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-59). Mémoires, pour Servir à l' Histoire d' un Genre de Polypes d' Eau Douce, à Bras en Forme de Cornes. Leiden: Chez Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744. 4to (255 x 195mm). Woodcut ornament on title, headpieces, initials and culs-de-lampe, fine engraved illustrations, 13 folding engraved plates, plate 10 with captions printed in red, "Avis au Relieur" leaf at the end (B2 partially detached, variable spotting and staining to text throughout). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece (neatly rebacked preserving old spine, lightly rubbed). Provenance: illegible small signature stamp in blue on title. FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 307: "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in its asexual reproduction, regeneration, and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division"; Nissen ZBI 4163; Norman 2094.
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