introduction study cryptogamous plants (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written in the form of letters between two noted botanists, this engaging introduction to cryptogamous plants provides a comprehensive overview of these fascinating organisms. With detailed descriptions, beautiful illustrations, and helpful glossaries, this book is an essential guide for anyone interested in the study of fungi, lichens, mosses, and more.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written in the form of letters between two noted botanists, this engaging introduction to cryptogamous plants provides a comprehensive overview of these fascinating organisms. With detailed descriptions, beautiful illustrations, and helpful glossaries, this book is an essential guide for anyone interested in the study of fungi, lichens, mosses, and more.

Modern maroon cloth. Zustand: V.g. No Jacket. 1st English edition. A well preserved copy, translated from "Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogam. Gewächse". Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

London, J. White 1807. 8vo (22.6 x 14,5 cm). 419 pp.; ten folding engraved plates. Modern half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Green endpapers. = Early, perhaps first, English translation of the author's famous "Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogam. Gewächse". The German botanist and physician Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766-1833) is also renowned for his Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde, and for the use of a microscope in describing higher plants. Uncut. Fore edge therefore a bit soiled at edges. Fairly clumsy repair to the top outer corner of the last plate, otherwise very good. Stafleu and Cowan, 12675.

First edition of the English translation of a work on cryptogams by the German botanist and physician Kurt Sprengel (1766-1833). It mostly deals with ferns, mosses and lichen, and occasionally treats some fungi. The hand-coloured plates show a total of 106 figures, mostly plant details. "Sprengel strongly promoted the microscopic examination of plants and studied their structure, developing his own theory of plant-cell formation. Although soon superseded, his ideas about the nature of cells and fibers provided an essential stimulus for further investigations by notable botanists, such as Heirich F. Link, Johann J. Bernhardi, and Ludorf C. Treviranus" (DSB).A few small spots and a marginal water stain on a few of the last plates. Binding rubbed along the extremities, hinge restored. Overall in good condition.l DSB XII, p. 591-592; Stafleu & Cowan 12675; cf. Volbracht 2034 . Contemporary calf, with a black title-label on spine. With 10 hand-coloured folding engraved plates. Pages: VIII, 411, [1 blank] pp.