Francisci Redi patricii Aretini, Opusculorum pars prior, sive, Experimenta circa generationem insectorum : accedit J. Frid. Lachmund, De ave diomedea dissertatio
A Latin natural history treatise by Francesco Redi, published in Amsterdam in 1685 by Henricus Wetstenius, on insect generation and spontaneous generation, with an appended dissertation on the diomedea seabird. The pictures are dorsal engravings of lice, fleas and other small insects, drawn in fine crosshatched line with careful attention to segmented bodies, legs and surface patterning, offering a designer clear, scientific specimen plates for diagrammatic or botanical-style illustration.
