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BROWN, Robert (1773-1858). "A brief Account of Microscopical Observations... on the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants..." In: The Philosophical Magazine, New Series, Vol. 4, no. 28, pp. 161-173. London: Richard Taylor, September 1828.
8o. Original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened (upper hinge torn slightly); folding cloth case.
FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Brown, a man of means who could afford to refuse three professorships, preferring to pursue his scientific studies undisturbed, on several occasions reversed the usual procedure of the period by having his scholarly papers printed at his own expense for his personal distribution before their publication in scientific journals, as here (see preceding lot). Norman 354.
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BROWN. "On the Origins and Mode of Fecundation in Orchidae and Asclepiadeae". Extract from: The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, vol. 16, part 3 (1833), pp. 685-745. London: Richard Taylor, 1833.
4o. 6 leaves from the journal bound in at end, consisting of the part title, general title, 2 contents leaves, errata leaf, and plate register, 3 engraved plates by James de Carle Sowerby. (2 plates slightly darkened, minor stain to blank verso of last leaf.) Modern buckram-backed boards.
First Published Edition of Brown's important paper on the cell nucleus. First printed in 1831 for private distribution, Brown's paper is principally devoted to the role of pollen tubes in orchids, and his discovery of the cell nucleus (a term here coined by Brown) is inserted almost incidentally on 4 pages (710-713) in the middle of the article. Although the cell nucleus had been remarked on by others--Brown acknowledges the observations of Purkinje, F. J. F. Meyen and A.-T. Brongniart--Brown was the first to demonstrate its existence in all living cells. Garrison-Morton 109; Norman 355. (2)
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FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Brown, a man of means who could afford to refuse three professorships, preferring to pursue his scientific studies undisturbed, on several occasions reversed the usual procedure of the period by having his scholarly papers printed at his own expense for his personal distribution before their publication in scientific journals, as here (see preceding lot). Norman 354.
[With:]
BROWN. "On the Origins and Mode of Fecundation in Orchidae and Asclepiadeae". Extract from: The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, vol. 16, part 3 (1833), pp. 685-745. London: Richard Taylor, 1833.
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First Published Edition of Brown's important paper on the cell nucleus. First printed in 1831 for private distribution, Brown's paper is principally devoted to the role of pollen tubes in orchids, and his discovery of the cell nucleus (a term here coined by Brown) is inserted almost incidentally on 4 pages (710-713) in the middle of the article. Although the cell nucleus had been remarked on by others--Brown acknowledges the observations of Purkinje, F. J. F. Meyen and A.-T. Brongniart--Brown was the first to demonstrate its existence in all living cells. Garrison-Morton 109; Norman 355. (2)