78/2361 [Zoology]. Ellis, J. Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere dergelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland: benevens een' beschryving van eene grooten zee-polyp, in den Zomer van 't Jaar 1753. by den Noord-Pool door de Walvis-vangers gevonden. Dutch transl. J. Tak. The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1756, 1st and only Dutch ed., XVI,118p., engr. frontisp. and 39 (fold.) plates, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. brown mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Owner's stamp on title; textp. and 2 plates (sl.) waterst. in blank margins. Top of spine dam. on lower joint.

= Nissen, ZBI 1281; cf. Nissen, BBI 590. John Ellis (1710-1776) was a pioneering zoologist and microscopist who established the animal nature of zoophytes and laid the foundation of marine biology in Britain and Europe. In this work Ellis makes a clear distinction between plants and animals and proves that corals and Bryozoa are animals. This Dutch edition includes plate 38 (not present in the original English version), showing the multiplication of corals. The last plate shows Mr. Cuff's microscope, which the author used for his research. From the "Luyken Landfort" library (armorial bookplate on upper pastedown).