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GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun. With a general account of Vegetation Founded theron. London: for Spencer Hickman, 1672.
8o (155 x 94 mm). 3 folding engraved plates (creases and a few short tears along folds, small wormholes within image of last plate). Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spine, worn).
FIRST EDITION of Grew's first book, which contains his accurate observations of the structures of wood, bark and roots. "His most important contribution to botany was his belief that the flower contains the sexual organ of a plant. He distinguished the calyx, stamens and pistils, and that the anthers scatter pollen" (Dibner). His further observations were published in The Anatomy of Plants (see next lot). In The Anatomy of Vegetables Grew also introduced the term "parenchyma." Dibner Heralds 21; Henrey 163 and pp. 135-138; NLM/Krivatsy 4987; Norman 944; Pritzel 3554; Wellcome III, p.164; Wing G-1946.
8o (155 x 94 mm). 3 folding engraved plates (creases and a few short tears along folds, small wormholes within image of last plate). Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spine, worn).
FIRST EDITION of Grew's first book, which contains his accurate observations of the structures of wood, bark and roots. "His most important contribution to botany was his belief that the flower contains the sexual organ of a plant. He distinguished the calyx, stamens and pistils, and that the anthers scatter pollen" (Dibner). His further observations were published in The Anatomy of Plants (see next lot). In The Anatomy of Vegetables Grew also introduced the term "parenchyma." Dibner Heralds 21; Henrey 163 and pp. 135-138; NLM/Krivatsy 4987; Norman 944; Pritzel 3554; Wellcome III, p.164; Wing G-1946.