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Cover illustration: Swammerdam’s drawing of the copulation of the dragonfly, for plate 12 of his Biblia naturae. Detail from BPL 126 B, 13r. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Creative Commons CC BY License.
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Names: Strazzoni, Andrea, author.
Title: The quarrel over Swammerdam's posthumous works / by Andrea Strazzoni.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 341 | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | Introductory chapters and commentary in English; correspondence in Dutch, Latin, and French.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023029746 (print) | LCCN 2023029747 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004114241 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004532861 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680. Bybel der natuur. | Invertebrates–Early works to 1800. | Entomology–Early works to 1800. | Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620-1692–Correspondence. | Volder, Burcherus de, 1643-1709–Correspondence. | Hoest, Daniel de, approximately 1648-1698–Correspondence.
Classification: LCC QL362.S973 S77 2023 (print) | LCC QL362.S973 (ebook) | DDC 592–dc23/eng/20230713
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