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GREW, NEHEMIAH. Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society. 31

GREW, NEHEMIAH. Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society. 31 engraved plates. [12], 386, [4]; [2], 43 pages, including blank 3D3. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, modern artless 3/4 morocco; old inscription and faded institutional stamp on general title. London: Hugh Newman, 1694

  • Notes: First published in 1681. The second part is Grew's study of the stomach organs, "which is the first zoological book to have the term 'comparative anatomy' on the title-page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method"--Garrison-Morton 297 (original edition). Wing G1955 (this edition).

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