Note 13 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
“Illustrissimo viro Lazaro Spallanzani summo naturae in minimis et difficilimis, indagatori, ob ejus in veri finibus extendendis, merita, D. D. D. Hallerus.”
[The letters D. D. D. are an abbreviation for “dat, donat, dedicat,” commonly employed in inscriptions.]