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SENGUERD, WOLFERD. Tractatus physicus de tarantula, in quo praeter ejus descriptionem, effectus veneni tarantula... deducuntur & illustrantur. 87
SENGUERD, WOLFERD. Tractatus physicus de tarantula, in quo praeter ejus descriptionem, effectus veneni tarantula... deducuntur & illustrantur. 87 pages, including engraved additional title depicting tarantulas. 12mo, original gilt-ruled calf, neatly rebacked; contents browned, contemporary ownership inscription. Leiden: apud Gaasbeeckios, 1668
- Notes: first edition of an uncommon early tract on the tarantula and the effects associated with its venom, including tarantism or manic dancing. Senguerd's account precedes Baglivi's better known work on the subject by 17 years. Cole 696; Krivatsy 10902.
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