[Entomology. Swammerdam] Johannis Swammerdamii (...) Historia insectorum generalis,

in qua verissimae mutationum, seu lentae in membra epigeneseos rationes, duce experientia, redduntur, recepta vulgo insectorum metamorphosis solide refutatur (...). Adjicitur dilucidatio (...). Ex Belgica Latinam fecit Henricus Christianus Henninius (...). Editio nova. Leiden, J. van Abkoude, 1733, (20),212[=210],(17) p., with 13 engraved plates of which 8 folding, 1 folding letterpress table, 19th-century halfleather, small 4to.

Tanned at the beginning, partly waterstained, several small tears; paging omits p. 145-146. Binding neatly and stylishly rebacked. Lovely provenance: "James MacKnight's, Langerak's auction II st. [2 stuivers?] Leyden April 21 (...) 1747".