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<dl><dd>Folding illustration by P. Lyonet; headpieces by C. Pronk, engraved by J. v. Schley</dd>
<dd>Woodcut title vignette, initials; engraved head- and tail-pieces</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *-2*A-IK(-K4) L-2S</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references</dd>
<dd>1. mém. Où l'on décrit les polypes, leur forme, leur mouvemens, &amp; une partie de ce qu'on a pu découvrir sur leur structure -- 2. mém. De la nourriture des polypes ... Du tems &amp; des moïens les plus propres, pour trouver des polypes -- 3. mém. De la génération des polypes -- 4. mém. Operations faites sur les polypes, &amp; les succès qu'elles ont eu</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB has two copies</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.1 (39088002497683) has ms. ink note on front free endpaper</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.1 bound in contemporary mottled calf, with triple gilt fillets at outer edges; gilt tooled spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers and edges</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.2 (39088011699063) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Frederick M. Bayer; with his monogram stamp on t.p. and last leaf</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.2 has inscribed on front free endpaper: Girtanner 823.b (II.60.a); unidentified property stamp on t.p</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.2 originally had laid-in by Bayer: Ischikawa, C. Trembley's Umkehrungsversuche an Hydra nach neuen Versuchen erklärt. Leipzig : W. Engelmann, 1890</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c.2 bound in half paste paper and vellum; with ms. label on front cover</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Hydromedusae; Ctenophora; Cnidaria</div>
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<dl><dd>Trembley, Abraham, 1710-1784</dd>
<dd>Pronk, Cornelis, 1691-1759, ill</dd>
<dd>Schley, Jacobus van der, 1715-1779, engraver</dd>
<dd>Lyonet, Pierre, 1706-1789, ill</dd>
<dd>Bayer, Frederick M., former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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