Beschreibung der Gräser nebst ihren Abbildungen nach der Natur I-II
- Publisher : Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius
- Published In : Leipzig
- Illustrations : 40 hand-col engraved plates, engraved vignette to title and head of dedication leaf
Description:
First edition. 2 parts (of 3). Lacking title to second part (as often). A third part was published in 1810 with an additional 14 plates, but is not present here.
Nissen BBI 1807; Stafleu 11.127. (Nissen incorrectly records the present portion as complete, with an enlarged edition in 1810; Stafleu gives the correct account).
J.C.D. Schreber (1739-1810) was a Germany physician and natural scientist. He studied medicine in Uppsala, Sweden, where he met Carl Linnaeus. Later he became Professor at Erlangen, Germany, and director of Erlangen botanical garden.
Condition
2 parts in 1 volume, folio (413x270mm), cont. tree sheep, rubbed/scuffed, worn to cornersmost of morocco spine label missing.