Considerations sur les corps organises. Ou l’on traite de leur origine, de leur developpement, de leur reproduction, & ou l’on a rassemble en abrege tout ce que l’histoire naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus interessant sur ce sujet. 2 vols

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1st edition. 8vo. Publisher’s plain stiff wraps. 22.5x14x5.5 cm. Marc-Michel Rey. Amsterdam. 1762. xlii, (2) 274, xx, 328 pp. Woodcut devices on title pages. Good plus, a little worming along the spine affecting only a few pages but not the text, moderate shelfwear, pages rippled, otherwise a very good untrimmed copy in the wraps. French text. A treatis by the noted Swiss naturalist and philosopher “designed to refute the theory of epigenesis, and to explain and defend the doctrine of pre-existent germs.” (Wikipedia). weight: 1.8 lb.