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SPALLANZANI, LAZZARO; and NEEDHAM, JOSEPH TURBERVILLE. Nouvelle Recherches sur les Découvertes Microscopiques, et la Génération des Corps Organisés
SPALLANZANI, LAZZARO; and NEEDHAM, JOSEPH TURBERVILLE. Nouvelle Recherches sur les Découvertes Microscopiques, et la Génération des Corps Organisés [etc.]. 9 etched plates. [2], ii, liv, [2], 298; [4], xvi, 293, [2] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, top of spine chipped, cover corners worn through; repaired clean tear across plate 1, top portion of front free endpaper excised. London & Paris: Lacombe, 1769
- Notes: The first part is the first edition in French of Spallanzani's 1765 Saggio di Osservazioni Microscopiche, refuting the spontaneous generation theories of Needham and Buffon; the second part is Needham's Nouvelles Recherches Physiques et Métaphysiques sur la Nature et la Religion. Prandi (Spallanzani), pages 79-80; Wolf II, 474.
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