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BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725.
Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.

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BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725.

Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.
8vo (215 x 157 mm). 69 plates (4 folding). Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards.

FIRST EDITION. Buonanni, a Jesuit scholar and pupil of Athanasius Kircher, published this work based on his observations through a three-lens microscope of his own construction. His conclusions supported spontaneous generation of living matter, in contrast to those of his contemporary, Francesco Redi. An identical 2nd edition was published in 1699. Garrison-Morton-Norman 264; Krivatsy 1935; Nissen ZBI 752; Norman 374; Wellcome II, 198.

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