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Gottingae [Gothingen]: Apud Io. Wilh. Schmid, 1749.. Sole edition. 8vo. (viii), 396 pp. Later quarter calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, all edges red. 5 folding plates. Upper half of the dedication leaf torn with loss of text, occasional minor soiling, else very good.
Opuscula sua Botanica prius edita recensuit retractavit auxit coniuncta edit by HALLER, ALBRECHT VON - 1749
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Gottingae: Wilhem Schmid, 1749. First edition. Half Calf. Very Good +. 8vo (18.5 X 10.5 cm). Contemporary half calf with marble boards. Collation: [viii], [3]-396 pp. + 5 engraved folding plates and engraved vignette on title page. Binding in minor wear along hinges, ends of spine and corners. Intenal condition very good. All edges with brown speckling.
Haller was a Swiss naturlaist . He was the first botanist to realize the importance of herbaria to study variation in plants and he therefore included material from different localities, habitats and developmental phases. Haller also grew many plants from the Alps himself. (Stafleu & Cowan, II p. 24-25) In the present study there is reprint of six pamphlets by Haller, each with halftitle (Hunt0, These pamphlets provide extensive discussion on history of description of alpine plants, methods for studing botany including anatomy and his own observations illustrated by three plates delineated by Christian Jeremias Rollin from drawings by Christian Friedrich Fritsch. (Hunt, 535; Pritzel, 3722; S&C 2308).
Haller was a Swiss naturlaist . He was the first botanist to realize the importance of herbaria to study variation in plants and he therefore included material from different localities, habitats and developmental phases. Haller also grew many plants from the Alps himself. (Stafleu & Cowan, II p. 24-25) In the present study there is reprint of six pamphlets by Haller, each with halftitle (Hunt0, These pamphlets provide extensive discussion on history of description of alpine plants, methods for studing botany including anatomy and his own observations illustrated by three plates delineated by Christian Jeremias Rollin from drawings by Christian Friedrich Fritsch. (Hunt, 535; Pritzel, 3722; S&C 2308).
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