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MICHELI, Pier Antonio (1679-1737). Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence: Bernard Paperini, 1729.
4o (299 x 199 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved title vignette and 108 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: "A.N." (inkstamp on title); Starrenstein (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Micheli's most important work, cited by Linnaeus in Species plantarum 1753. "In this work Micheli considered some 1,900 species, of which nearly 1,400 were new. The greater number of these new species were thallophytes, which Micheli classified for the first time... He discovered the generative function and the anatomy of the mycelium; for this discovery, among others, he may properly considered the founder of mycology" (DSB IX, 368). Hunt 480; Nissen BBI 1363; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5974. A VERY FINE COPY.
4o (299 x 199 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved title vignette and 108 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: "A.N." (inkstamp on title); Starrenstein (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Micheli's most important work, cited by Linnaeus in Species plantarum 1753. "In this work Micheli considered some 1,900 species, of which nearly 1,400 were new. The greater number of these new species were thallophytes, which Micheli classified for the first time... He discovered the generative function and the anatomy of the mycelium; for this discovery, among others, he may properly considered the founder of mycology" (DSB IX, 368). Hunt 480; Nissen BBI 1363; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5974. A VERY FINE COPY.