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Paris, 1799. 1799 THE DAWN OF MICROSCOPY IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS. 11 3/4 inches tall hardcover, recent marbled paper covers, gilt leather title to spine, new endpapers, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste-down, [4], 238 pages, [34] leaves of plates: 1 unnumbered plate facing page 41, then numbered I-XXIII, XXIIIb, XXIV-XXXII (including 9 folded and 4 with partial coloring). Minimal foxing to half title page, the remainder of text and all plates crisp, bright, unmarked. Near fine. Wilhelm Friedrich von GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM (1717-1783), was a German biologist. "In 1778 Gleichen-Russworm made his most important contribution to science. In. Abhandlung iiber die Saamen- und Infusionsthierchen he described the technique of phagocytic staining, which he had developed from earlier reports of the use of dyes as coloring agents for plant and animal tissues. In order to study the nutrition of a colony of ciliates, he added water colored with carmine and…
Read More Découvertes les plus nouvelles dans le règne végétal ou Observations microscopiques sur les parties de la génération des plantes ... & sur les insectes ... Traduit par J.F. Isenflamm by GLEICHEN-RUSSWORM, Wilhelm Friedrich von - 1770
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Découvertes les plus nouvelles dans le règne végétal ou Observations microscopiques sur les parties de la génération des plantes ... & sur les insectes ... Traduit par J.F. Isenflamm
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Nürnberg & Paris: Keller & Chez la veuve de Chretien de Launoy, 1770. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 3 parts in one volume. Large folio (414 x 258 mm). [8], 76, 48, [8], 24 pp. With a preface by Casmir Christoph Schmidel, 51 hand-colored engraved plates by J.C. Keller (including 10 in the supplement/part III), 3 large engraved head-pieces by J.M. Stock after J.C. Keller after the author, numerous tail-pieces. Bound in morocco backed marbled paper boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, new endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright, occasional minor dust soiling to top margin, one plate finger-soiled. Provenance: collection of Roman Vishniac, Russian-American biologist, photographer and pioneer in photomicroscopy. A fine copy. ----
RARE FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Russworm's Das neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen (1764). Von Gleichen-Russwurm was a naturalist and musicologist who worked in the service of the Margrave of Bayreuth. In 1760 he met microscopist Martin Ledermüller, leading him to also take up the microscope to conduct research. Most of his work concentrated on the fertilization and pollination of plants. In this study of microorganisms, Gleichen-Russwurm introduced the process of phagocytic staining, a technique that was not commonly used until the 19th century. The plates in this work were engraved by J.C. Keller after Gleichen-Russworm, and the headpieces by J.M. Stock after Keller. 45 of the plates illustrate details of floral structure, various pollens, or insects. The first six plates are devoted to the specially constructed microscope and its accessories with which Gleichen conducted his researches. References: Brunet II 1624; Nissen BBI 717; Pritzel 3367; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 2037. - Visit our website to see more images!
RARE FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Russworm's Das neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen (1764). Von Gleichen-Russwurm was a naturalist and musicologist who worked in the service of the Margrave of Bayreuth. In 1760 he met microscopist Martin Ledermüller, leading him to also take up the microscope to conduct research. Most of his work concentrated on the fertilization and pollination of plants. In this study of microorganisms, Gleichen-Russwurm introduced the process of phagocytic staining, a technique that was not commonly used until the 19th century. The plates in this work were engraved by J.C. Keller after Gleichen-Russworm, and the headpieces by J.M. Stock after Keller. 45 of the plates illustrate details of floral structure, various pollens, or insects. The first six plates are devoted to the specially constructed microscope and its accessories with which Gleichen conducted his researches. References: Brunet II 1624; Nissen BBI 717; Pritzel 3367; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 2037. - Visit our website to see more images!
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- Keywords Biology, botany, plants, insects, entomology, pollen, plant vertilization
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EARLY ENGRAVINGS OF MICROSCOPIC LIFE. Dissertation sur la generation, les animalcules spermatiques, et ceux d'infusions, avec des observations microscopiques sur le sperme, et wur les differrentes infusions, ouvrage traduit de l'allemand, orne de trente-quatre planches, dont plusieurs enluminees. [Dissertation on generation, spermatic animalcules, and those of infusions, with microscopic observations on sperm, and on the different infusions, work translated from German, adorned with thirty-four plates, several of which are colored].
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Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen der geheimen Zeugungstheile der Pflanzen in ihren Blüten, und der in denselben befindlichen Insekten; nebst einigen Versuchen von dem Keim, und einen Anhang ... - [GLEICHEN'S MICROSCOPE]
by GLEICHEN, WILHELM FRIEDRICH von [RUSSWORM / GLEICHEN-RUSSWORM / RUSSWURM]
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1764. [Nuremberg], Christian de Launoy seel. Erben, 1764 [recte: 1763-66]. Folio. Contemporary half calf with gilt lines to spine. Corners a bit bumped. In magnificent, completely clean and fresh condition. (6), 8, (4), 72, 40, (8), 26 ff. + 51 magnificent engraved plates - all plates in astonishing, contemporary hand-colouring. Plates numbered as thus: 1-5 + 2b (i.e. 6 plates - depiting the microscope), I-XXX + A-E (i.e. 35 - details of floral structure and pollens), Anhang 1-10 (i.e. 10 - mainly insects). The plates are engraved by (and coloured by/under the auspices of) Christoph Keller after drawings by Gleichen-Russworm. With several beautiful, large engraved vignettes (by Johann Michael Stock, efter Keller). The scarce first edition of this splendid work, in which the outstanding microscopist Baron Gleichen-Russworm recorded his observations of plants and insects. The 51 astonishingly beautiful hand-coloured copperplates show the morphology of plants and insects in great detail as well as his…
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