Hofmeister on embryology
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EMBRYOLOGY. HOFMEISTER, WILHELM. (2). 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. 2 volumes.
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).
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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