Amsterdam, Andreæ Frisii, 1675. 12mo. Cont. hcalf. Back neathly repaired. Engraved frontisp. (2),193,(15) pp. and 12 folded engraved plates (a tear repaired on verso of one plate) + 111,(9) pp. + 72 pp. Internally fine.
Reference : 23762
3 importent works by Redi, all in first latin editions as translations of 1. Experienze intorno a diverse cose naturali...dall'Indie (1671) - 2. Osservazioni intorni alle vipere...(1664) and 3. Lettere sopra alcune opposizioni...alle vipere (1670), having his treatises with his experiments on snake-poison, making him the first experimental toxologist. ""It is the first methodological work on Snak-poison. Redi demonstarted for the first time taht, for the poison to produce its effects, it must be injected under the Skin."" (Garrison & Morton 2102). - In the same volume is bound: Saltsmann, J.S. Varia Observata Anatomica. Amsterdam, J. Konynenberg, 1669. Engraved title. 72 pp.
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