Obseruationes circa viuentia, quæ in rebus non viuentibus reperiuntur : Cum micrographia curiosa siue Rerum minutissimarum obseruationibus, quæ ope microscopij recognitæ ad viuum exprimuntur : his accesserunt aliquot animalium testaceorum icones non antea in lucem editæ : omnia curiosorum naturæ exploratorum vtilitati & iucunditati expressa & oblata
A Latin treatise on spontaneous generation and microscope work by the Jesuit naturalist Filippo Buonanni, printed in Rome by Domenico Antonio Ercole in 1691 for naturalists and collectors of shells and curiosities. Numbered copperplate figures set magnified insects, larvae, spiders, mouthparts, bristles and seeds against blank paper in loose groups, drawn in fine hatching and outline, useful as isolated specimen motifs or as models for numbered diagram layouts.
