NEEDHAM, John Turberville (1713-81). Nouvelle Observations Microscopiques.

NEEDHAM, John Turberville (1713-81).  Nouvelles Observations Microscopiques, avec des découvertes intéressantes sur la Composition & la Décomposition des Corps organisés, translated by Louis Anne Lavirotte. Paris: Chez Louis-Etienne Ganeau, 1750. 12mo (164 x 100mm). Woodcut device on title, 8 folding engraved plates at the end (wormtracks to upper margin of many text leaves and to upper edge of all plates, resulting in slight loss, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary panelled calf gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: unidentified crowned monogram stamped on verso of title. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST FRENCH EDITION of a work by the first Catholic priest to be elected to the Royal Society of London.