Author: Wiesner, J.
Title: Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen. Eine kritische Studie über das gleichnamige Werk von Charles Darwin, nebst neuen Untersuchungen.
Description: Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1881. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). vi, 212 pp.; several woodcuts. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine. Yellow endpapers; marbled edges. = A fine copy of a critical study on Darwin's work on the climbing of plants, by the Austrian botanist Julius Ritter von Wiesner (1838-1916). Publication of this work was followed by an exchange of letters and ideas between Darwin and Wiesner (see Darwin Correspondence Project online). This work by Wiesner is uncommon, but a copy in this near mint state is definitely quite rare.

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