First Edition of this translation. 8vo. 135 leaves.
Quérard X, page 567.
Not in Sabin.
Jefferson refers to this work in a letter to Horatio G. Spafford, written from Monticello, May 14, 1809. Disputing a statement
of the latter in his
General Geography
that the potato was indigenous to the United States, Jefferson mentions that “
Zimmerman, in his Geographical Zoology, says it is a native of Guiana . . .” [Page 26 in this book.]
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
5.
Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, 1743-1815, German naturalist. This work was originally written in
Latin and published in Leyden in 1777. The work contains several references to the native inhabitants of America.
Jacques Mauvillon, 1743-1794, born in Leipzig, was the son of a French professor of languages in Germany.
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Oeuvres Physiques de Bonnet.
12. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 46. no. 23, as above.
BONNET,
Charles.
Oeuvres d’Histoire naturelle et de Philosophie de Charles Bonnet . . . Tome Premier [-XII]. A
Neuchatel: chez
Samuel Fauche,
1779-81.
QH9 .B71
12 vol. 8vo. Vol. I, 208 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Clemens after Juel; vol. II, 236 leaves; vol. III, 135 leaves; vol. IV, 235 leaves; vol. V, 236 leaves; vol. VI, 278 leaves; vol. VII, 202 leaves;
vol. VIII, 274 leaves; vol. IX, 234 leaves; vol. X, 198 leaves; vol. XI, 202 leaves; vol. XII, 252 leaves; folded plates,
tables etc. in vol. I-IV, X, XI.
Entered without price on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Charles Bonnet, 1720-1793, Swiss philosopher and naturalist, and one of the pioneers of experimental morphology. This edition of his works
eventually ran into eighteen volumes, the remaining six being published in 1782-3.
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Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali del Redi.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 37, as above.
REDI,
Francesco.
Esperienze intorno a Diverse Cose Natvrali, e particolarmente a qvelle, che ci son portate dall’Indie. Fatte da Francesco Redi e Scritte in vna Lettera al Reverendissimo Padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Ciesv. In
Firenze: all’
Insegna della Nave, 1671.
First Edition. 4to. 78 leaves, 6 folded engraved
tavola; title-page printed in red and black, with engraved Medici arms.
Haym,
Biblioteca Italiana, 203, no. 9.
Agassiz IV, 166, no. 5.
Sabin 6856.
Francesco Redi, 1626-1697, Italian naturalist of Arezzo, was a pioneer in the science of analysing food. This work has passages relating
to the natural history of the East and West Indies, and to the tobacco of Brazil.
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Fisica animale e vegetabile del Spallanzani.
4. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 45. no. 25, as above.
SPALLANZANI,
Lazzaro.
Opuscoli di Fisica Animale, e Vegetabile dell’ Abate Spallanzani . . . Aggiuntevi alcune Lettere relative ad essi Opuscoli dal celebre Signor Bonnet di Ginevra, e da altri scritte all’ Autore.
Volume Primo [Secondo].
In
Modena: Presso
la Società Tipografica,
1776.--
Dissertazioni di Fisica Animale, e Vegetabile . . . Tomo I [II].
ibid
.
1780.
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