Jupiter Botanicus. Robert Brown of the British Museum

Description:

First full account of the life and work of the British botanist, Robert Brown (1773-1858). Brown, possibly the greatest of all British botanists, is most widely known through his description of the phenomenon now called Brownian movement, but his claim to recognition is greater - the discovery of the cell nucleus, protoplasmic streaming and the nature of pollination and fertilization, the reform of plant classification and pioneering work in palynology

Condition

Vg in d/w. From the library of Prof. Chris Humphries, with his signature to endpaper