Author: Anon from Gottfried Ehrenberg
Title: Mounted Plates from Fortsetzung Der Mikrogeologischen Studien
Description: London, Privately Published , c1875. Leather. A mounted collection of plates taken from a work by Gottfried Ehrenberg. With a letter explaining the origin of this volume. Consisting of 30 photographic plates believed to be photographs of the original plates in the work by Ehrenberg. The letter explains that the negatives have been scrapped and that this mounted copy is the only one remaining to the original compiler. Fortsetzung der mikrogeologischen Studien, from which the plates originate, is a work by German naturalist and microscopist Christian Gottfriend Ehrenberg. It is considered to a continuation of Ehrenbergs great work Mikrogeologie focusing particularly on the Radiolarian collections from Barbados. For nearly 30 years Ehrenberg examined samples of water, soil, sediment and rocks and described thousands of new species. He was particularly interested in diatoms but also studied and named many species of Radiolaria, foraminifera and dinoflagellates. After his death in 1876 Ehrenberg's collections of microscopic organisms were deposited in the Museum fur Naturkunde at the University of Berlin. The Ehrenburg collection includes 40,000 microscope preparations, 5000 raw samples, 3000 pencil and ink drawings and nearly 1000 letters of correspondence. In a half morocco binding. Externally, sound with some rubbing and bumping. Spine sunned with personalised spine label. Letter affixed to front pastedown explaining origin of the work. Internally, firmly bound. Plates generally clean with shading from original photos Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Ehrtenberg Plates Christian Gottfriend Ehrenberg Plates Not Stated


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