Zoology.- Vallisneri (Antonio) Opere fisico-mediche, 3 vol., 97 engravings, a few in text, sometimes 2 engravings to same f., 3 folding, titles with engraved vignettes, vol.1 title in red and black, small repairs to titles, contemporary half calf, vol.1 upper cover detached (with first 3ff.), large portion of vol.1 backstrip detached joints splitting, worn, [Nissen ZBI 4226], folio, Venice, Sebastiano Coleti, 1733.

⁂ First edition of Vallisnieri's collected works, edited by his son Antonio, and containing all his famous contributions on zoology, entomology, medicine, geology and natural history. Antonio Vallisnieri (1666-1730) was a pupil of Malpighi at Bologna. Vallisinieri also did extensive research on the reproductive system of men and animals; he complemented Redi's demonstration of the fallacy of the hypothesis of spontaneous generation; and he was a forerunner of evolutionary concepts.