HEDWIG, Johann. Theoria Generationis et Fructificationis Plantarum Cryptogamicarum, St. Petersburg: typis Academiae Imper. Scientiarum, 1784, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 37 folding engraved plates by Capieux after drawings by the author (several shaved affecting plate number, a few plates browned, faint blind-stamp on title, ink stamps on verso of title, accession number on A2), modern library cloth. [Brunet III, 77; Nissen BBI 832; Pritzel 3879] Provenance: Berlin Collection

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HEDWIG, Johann. Theoria Generationis et Fructificationis Plantarum Cryptogamicarum, St. Petersburg: typis Academiae Imper. Scientiarum, 1784, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 37 folding engraved plates by Capieux after drawings by the author (several shaved affecting plate number, a few plates browned, faint blind-stamp on title, ink stamps on verso of title, accession number on A2), modern library cloth. [Brunet III, 77; Nissen BBI 832; Pritzel 3879] Provenance: Berlin Collection

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The first printing of Hedwig's important thesis on the reproduction of cryptogamic plants, which was issued with plates coloured and uncoloured.

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