J. Van der Hoeven - Recherches sur l'histoire naturelle et l'anatomie des limules (Folio) - Published 1838 - Folio size (37 x 28.5 cm) - 7 full-page engraved plates - Bright gilt lettering to front board - Gilt decorations to front and rear boards Overall fair condition - Spine cover missing, with tape repair to spine - Front and rear boards loosely attached through tape repair "Van Der Hoeven must be considered as one of the greatest zoologists of his time : recognition of his merits is reflected by his membership in more than forty scientific academies and learned societies." Jan van der Hoeven (9 February 1801 – 10 March 1868) was a Dutch zoologist. His most famous book is Handboek der Dierkunde (1827–1833), translated into German and English (by prof. Clark). He wrote as readily about crocodiles as about butterflies, lancelets and lemurs. His research on the nautilus resulted in the discovery of a secondary sexual organ of unknown function which was then named after him as Hoeven's organ or Van der Hoeven's organ. In 1834 he started a magazine in natural history and physiology (Tijdschrift voor natuurlijke geschiedenis en physiologie). Van der Hoeven was also involved in education, writing a biology book for pupils in secondary school, although, paradoxically, he was one of the last professors in Leiden to teach in Latin. In 1858, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1864 he published the Latin biology textbook Philosophia Zoologica. In 1832 he became correspondent of the Royal Institute and in 1845 member. In 1851 the Royal Institute became the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.