Notices sur la vie littéraire de Spallanzani, avec un sonnet de l'abbé Césarotti , des remarques sur l'observation et l'expérience, la circulation du sang, la force d'irritabilité, l'influence du coeur sur le cerveau, la vitalité du système nerveux et sanguin, la digestion , etc

Second edition.
Contemporary pamphlet in original blue wrappers. Lacks to head. One crease to upper cover. Pristine copy with conjugate leaves.
A scholar and man of the Enlightenment, Spallanzani embraced numerous scientific disciplines, and his experiments were decisive for many fields, such as fertilization, the refutation of spontaneous generation, regeneration... He died in 1799, one year before the publication of this biography.