EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795-1876). Die Infusionthierchen als Vollkommene Organismen, Leipzig: Voss, 1838, 2°, photographic picture of Ehrenberg's bust pasted on to front free endpaper, 64 hand-coloured engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, title and plates lightly spotted), mixed bindings of library cloth and contemporary half morocco. [Garrison & Morton 111; Nissen ZBI 1244] Provenance: JCL (text volume only) (2)

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EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795-1876). Die Infusionthierchen als Vollkommene Organismen, Leipzig: Voss, 1838, 2°, photographic picture of Ehrenberg's bust pasted on to front free endpaper, 64 hand-coloured engraved plates (perforation stamp on title, title and plates lightly spotted), mixed bindings of library cloth and contemporary half morocco. [Garrison & Morton 111; Nissen ZBI 1244] Provenance: JCL (text volume only) (2)

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