Miraculum naturae sive uteri muliebris fabrica [...].

4to: [8]-57-[1] pp. (one p. partly loose, 3 engravings loosely inserted, tiny parts of margins of 5 last lvs reinforced).

Contemp. blindst. vellum, flat ink titled spine. Very good copy.

Rare first edition of this work on the anatomy of the uterus by the Dutch biologist and microscopist J. Swammerdam (1637-1680). Illustrated with 3 fold. engr. of the uterus hand-coloured in red. Swammerdam studied at the University of Leiden under the guidance of Johannes van Horne. This work is the result of research together with van Horne using wax injection techniques and a single-lens microscope made by Johannes Hudde.
Ref. Krivatsy 11603. - Garrison & Morton 1211. - STCN.