SPRENGEL, K.

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Eur 700 / USD 800
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Halle, K.A. Kümmel, 1812. 8vo (210 x 120mm). pp. ix, (1); 654, with 14 (11 partly coloured) engraved plates. Contemporary brown marbled boards, with red gilt lettered label.

Kurt Sprengel (1766-1833) was a Prussian botanist and physician and professor of Botany at Halle. He was viewed as the most prestigious professor in Germany. "Sprengel strongly promoted the microscopic examination of plants and studied their structure, developing his own theory of plant-cell formation. Although soon superseded, his ideas about the nature of cells and fibers provided an essential stimulus for further investigations by notable botanists, such as Heirich F. Link, Johann J. Bernhardi, and Ludorf C. Treviranus" (DSB).

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