MÜLLER, Otto Frederik.
Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers.
Copenhagen, Nicolas Möller for Heineck & Faber, 1771. 4to. With an engraved vignette after Bissel on title-page, 16 plates with half-page engravings and 3 engraved tables (2 full-page and one half-page with illustrations). Contemporary vellum. [6], 200 pp.
€ 1,500
First edition of an important work on the propagation of worms in sea and fresh water by Otto Frederik Müller, often called the Danish Linnaeus. The work is illustrated with 16 engraved plates showing various kinds of worms and 3 tables which explain the growth and breeding of the worms. Müller (1730-1784) was a Danish naturalist educated in the field of zoology and botany. He was a pioneer as a field naturalist and one of the first to study micro-organisms. He established the classification of several groups of animals, including Hydrachnellae, Entomostraca and Infusiora, which were unknown to Linnaeus.
The first 20 pages browned, not affecting the plates, otherwise in very good condition. Nissen, ZBI, 2934; for the author: DSB IX, 575.
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