1591 - Bremser, (J.G.).

Bremser, (J.G.). On Living Worms in Living Humans. With an appendix on pseudo-helminths. Vienna, Schaumburg 1819. 4°. With an engraved title vignette and 4 partially colored plates. Black-ground copperplate plates, 1 folio, XII, 284 pp., 4 folios. Modern half-leather binding with red trim. Waller 1441. Wellcome II, 233. Nissen, Zoological Book Illustrations, 570. - First edition. - An important work on intestinal worms by Johann Gottfried Bremser (1767–1827), a native of Wertheim am Main. As curator of the Vienna Court Natural History Cabinet, the physician and zoologist had assembled an extensive collection of intestinal worms. “His work on this group of animals made significant contributions to their systematics and morphology, as well as to the medical understanding of the diseases they cause” (H. Dolezal). - Throughout, browned and somewhat foxed; a few leaves also more heavily browned; name on the title page; name stamp on the back of the title page; the uppermost right corner near the end is slightly ink-stained.