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EMBRYOLOGY. HOFMEISTER, WILHELM. (4). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gefässkryptogamen. I-II. Leipzig about 1853-1857 (offprint from Abhandlungen der Matematisch-Physischen Klasse der Konigl. Saech. Gesell. der Wissenschaften).

4:o. (3), 124-179, (1 blank), (9), 604-682 pp. 31 lithograph plates, of which 2 partly coloured.
Contemporary black half vloth, somewhat worn. Signature on inside of upper cover Magnus Fries. +

HOFMEISTER, WILHELM. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Embryobildung der Phanerogamen. I-II. Leipzig about 1859-61 (offprint from Abhandlungen der Matematisch-Physischen Klasse der Konigl. Saech. Gesell. der Wissenschaften).

4:o. (3), 536-672, (3), 632-760 pp. 52 lithograph plates (all).
Contemporary brown half leather, worn, loose in lower hinge, faded gilt spine. Part I dampstained in outer margin. Signature of Magnus Fries on inside of upper cover. +

SCHACHT, HERMANN. Lehrbuch der Anatomie und Physiologie der Gewächse. I-II. Berlin (Verlag von G. W. F. Müller) 1856-59.

8:o. (4), (1)-446 (lacks last 2 unpaginated pages), (4), (1)-622, (2) pp. 11 (partly coloured) lithograph doublepage plates (all, some foxing) and about 290 woodcuts in text.
Contemporary brown half leather, somewhat worn, slightly faded gilt spines, marbled edges. Some foxing and spotting. Library annotation and duplicate stamp on first endpapers, signature of Magnus Fries. 4 volumes.

The first and second works: Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister (1824 - 1877), German biologist and botanist. He "stands as one of the true giants in the history of biology and belongs in the same pantheon as Darwin and Mendel". (Wikipedia).

The Third work: Nissen 1743, Pritzel 8105. First edition. Vol. I is also the 2nd ed. of "Die Pflanzenstelle...", first published in Berlin 1852 (see Pritzel 8100).

Provenance: Collecta Friesia. Elias Fries (1794-1878), famous Swedish mycologist and botanist. His most important work was "Systema mycologicum" published in 1821-32, Thore M. Fries (1832-1913), Robert Fries (1876-1966), Magnus Fries (1917-1987), Robert Fries (b. 1952).

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390526

Datum:

2016-06-15