Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 986

LAZZARO SPALLANZANI (1729-1799) Expériences pour servir a l'histoire de la génération des animaux et des plantes. Chez Barthelemi Chirol 1785 [2] xcvi, 413 pp., 3 fold. plates. 19.9 cm.

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In the present work, Senebier has translated selections on the reproduction of animals and plants from the second volume of Spallanzani's Dissertazioni di fisica animale e vegetabile. Also included in the work are two letters concerning the generation of animals written by Bonnet to Spallanzani in 1780 and 1781. The initial portion of the work is an introductory essay by Senebier entitled "Une ebauche de l'histoire des étres organisés avant leur fécondation."