Verkäufer George Robert Minkoff, Inc., ABAA, Great Barrington, MA, USA
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Beschreibung
Hardcover Very Good Illustrated with 12 full-page hand-colored engravings illustrating 24 species of amaranthus Folio Modern ¼-leather-backed marbled boards Turici (Zurich): impensis Ziegleri et fil, 1790 First Edition The only edition of a specialist botanical work on the species of amaranthus by Carolo Willdenow, director of the Berlin Botanical Garden The engravings are designed and engraved by RJ Schellenberg Willdenow is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants He was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers Willdenow was interested in the adaptation of plants to climate, showing that similar climates had plants with common characteristics His herbarium, containing more than 20,000 species, is preserved in the Botanical Garden in Berlin Occasional foxing; title page browned; plates in very good condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6212
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Historia Amaranthorum.
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: R.J. Schellenberg
Zustand: Very Good
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