Observationes circa viventia quae in rebus non viventibus reperiuntur
Subtitle: cum Micrographia curiosa sive Rerum minutissimarum obseruationibus, quae ope microscopii cognitae ad viuum exprimuntur ; his accesserunt aliquot animalium testaceorum icones non antea in lucem editae : omnia curiosorum naturae exploratorum utilitati & iucunditati expressa & oblata
By: a Patre Philippo Bonanni Societ. Jesu sacerdote
Publisher: Typis Dominici Antonii Herculis
Published: 1691
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Microscopy; Natural history; Pre-Linnean works; Spontaneous generation; Microscopes; Early works to 1800; Mollusks
Other titles: Supplementum Recreationis mentis et oculi in obseruatione testaceorum.; Micrographia curiosa siue Rerum minutissimarum obseruationibus, quae ope microscopij recognitae ad viuum exprimuntur.; Rerum minutissimarum obseruationibus, quae ope microscopij recognitae ad viuum exprimuntur.
Notes: The Micrographia curiosa was later published separately: Romae : Typis Antonii de Rubeis, MDCCIII. [1703]

Observations pt 2 h.-t. has ornamental border (p.308)

Plates: Observationes pt. 1: 20 (incl. front, 1 fold.) in text; pt 2; 10 (not incl. h.-t.) at end; Micrographia curiosa: 4 in text (1 fold.) and 36 at end (2 folds)

Title vignette; head piece; tail pieces; initials; side notes.

Includes bibliographical references.

Backer-Sommervogel, v. 2, col. 377-378

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 752

Imperfect: wants plate [25] (fig. 84-87) at end of Micrographia curiosa.