Author: Sprengel, K.
Title: Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewächse. In Briefen. Erste - Zweite - Dritte Sammlung. (Complete).
Description: Halle, [no publisher indicated], Wien, Franz Grund, 1804-1805. Three volumes in three. 8vo (19.0 x 11.5 cm). 998 pp. [355, (v); 306, (iv); 322, (vi)]; and 18 [4; 4; 10] engraved folded plates. Original blind green wrappers. = The first two volumes in the Halle edition; the third printed in Vienna, but a completely uniform set. The first part deals with "dem Bau der Gewächse und der Bestimmung ihre Theile"; the second on "der Kunstsprache und dem System"; and the third is an "Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogamischen Gewächse". Uncut. Tiny old owner's signature in the top margin of all front wrappers versos, otherwise an unusually clean set. Stafleu and Cowan, 12.675.

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