willdenow d c (3 Ergebnisse)

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.

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.

Edinburgh, Blackwood and Cadell, 1805. Cont. full mottled calf. Professionally rebacked. Small stamp on titlepage. 88),508 pp. and 10 engraved plates. Plate 10 handcoloured having 36 different colours as reference for the descriptions of the plants. First English edition of Willdenow's "Grundriss der Kräuterkunde. 1792". - Nissen: 2155.