MICHELI, Pietro Antonio (1679-1737). Nova Plantarum Genera, Florence: typis B. Paperini, 1729, 2°, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 108 engraved plates, engraved head-and-tail pieces (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates), contemporary calf (rebacked in library cloth, inner hinges strengthened). [Nissen BBI 1363; Plesch 531; Pritzel 6202] Provenance: JCL

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MICHELI, Pietro Antonio (1679-1737). Nova Plantarum Genera, Florence: typis B. Paperini, 1729, 2°, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 108 engraved plates, engraved head-and-tail pieces (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates), contemporary calf (rebacked in library cloth, inner hinges strengthened). [Nissen BBI 1363; Plesch 531; Pritzel 6202] Provenance: JCL

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Micheli studied 1900 species, of which nearly 1400 were new -- these consisted mainly of fungi, lichens, liverworts and mosses which he first classified.

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