Excerpt from The Early Naturalists: Their Lives and Work (1530-1789)
The classics of natural history are not very much studied in our own time. Few of them command high prices, except those which treat of birds, or are richly illustrated, or exemplify the history of printing and engraving, and only public libraries take much pains to enlarge their collections. Hence the works of such early masters as Malpighi, Swammerdam, Ray, Leeuwenhoek and Reaumur are still within the purchasing power of ordinary students. I wish that every naturalist might deem some acquaintance with them as part of his equipment.
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