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Scienze naturali - Biologia marina - Zoologia
Cavolini, Filippo
Memoirs to serve the history of marine polyps, 1785
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Naples, SE, 1785. In 4°. 3 parts in 2 volumes. Loose copy with 9 leaves of plates drawn by Caulino and engraved by Benedetto Cimarelli, slight foxing, some browning, very slight halo on the upper white margin of the first quires of volume II, later binding in half parchment and marbled paper with corners.
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Filippo Cavolini (1756-1810), a Neapolitan naturalist, is considered one of the fathers of marine biology in Italy. In 1785, he published Memorie per servire alla storia de' Polipi marini, the first systematic scientific description of corals and marine colonial organisms. This treatise debunked the then-common belief that corals were petrified plants, demonstrating instead their animal nature. His experimental and observational approach laid the foundation for the development of modern marine zoology.
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