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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Prodromo di un opera da imprimersi sopra le riproduzione animali.

Publication Details

Modena: Giovanni Montanari, 1768 CE.

In this preliminary to a larger work on regeneration which was never published, Spallanzani described regenerative capacities of remarkable complexity and repetitiveness in the land snail, salamander and toad and frog, establishing the general law that an inverse ratio obtains between the regenerative capacity and age of the individual. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. English translation as An essay on animal reproductions (London, 1769). Digital facsimile of the English translation from Google Books at this link.

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Entry Number#101
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/1507
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLprodromo-di-un-opera-da-imprimersi-sopra-le-riproduzione-animali

Geographic Context

Publication place: Modena

Mentioned in annotation: London