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Erscheinungsdatum: 1811
Anbieter: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, USA
WILLDENOW, D.C. [Actually Willdenow, Karl Ludwig]. THE PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. Translated from the German. A New [Second] Edition, Greatly Enlarged by the Author. Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1811. Octavo. [4] ff., iv, 544 pp. + 11 ff. plates, one hand-colored. Willdenow was the Director of the Berlin Botanical Garden from 1801 until his death in 1812. His greatest contributions were, in an age of exploration, to the creation of the study of the geographical distribution of plants (phytogeography). This is based upon the second edition of his Grundrisse der Kreuterkunde (Berlin, 1792 and 1798). The English edition first appeared in Edinburgh in 1805. Leather, worn, with hinges split and starting, foxing to plates. Library stamps to endpaper and reverse of title.
Verlag: William Blackwood and Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, 1805
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Half Calf. Zustand: Very Good. First British Edition, (x) + 508pp, 10 plates including coloured chart depicting over 290 illustrations, bound in half green calf with marbled boards slightly rubbed, slight wear at corners otherwise good, spine with raised bands and gilt lining, title label onset on black morocco with gilt lettering, all edges marbled, hinges strong and firm, some minor foxing but a pleasing volume, William Blackwood and Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, 1805. *German botanist's treatment of plant physiology.
Verlag: William Blackwood and Cadell and Davies. Edinburgh First edition. 8vo, 1805
Anbieter: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, Vereinigtes Königreich
pp. (vi), iv, 508. 9 engraved plates by LIZARS, one plate of hand-coloured blocks [a colour chart]. Later half calf and marbled boards, scuffed and worn, joints weak but holding, a couple of old repairs to the edge of the title not affecting the text, foxed throughout but most marked at the ends. *See FREEMAN British Natural History Books, #4003 - a translation of Grundriss der Kräuterkunde, Berlin, 1792. Another edition was issued in 1811. Contains lengthy chapters on the HISTORY OF PLANTS and on the HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE.