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Newman & Ivison, 1853-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Missing the spine, cover shows heavy wear and tear, edgewear and staining. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.

New York: Newman & Ivison, 1853. First American edition. 1853 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF MONOGRAPH ON BOTANY BY M. J. SCHLEIDEN, EVOLUTIONIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CELL THEORY, ILLUSTRATED WITH LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES.7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's mauve cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's device to covers, gilt title to spine, xvii, (29-) 360 pp, 4 fine lithographed plates (2 partially colored), light wear to head of spine, spine faded, embosssed library stamps to pp 29 and 260, not affecting plates, light foxing to first few pages, very good in custom archival mylar cover. CHAPTERS INCLUDE: The Eye and the Microscope, The Internal Structure of Plants, On the Propagation of Plants, The Morphology of Plants, About the Weather, What Does Man Live Upon?, On the Milk-Sap of Plants, A Sketch of the Cactus Tribe, The Geography of Plants, or the Districution of Plants Upon the Surface of the Earth, History of the Vegetable World, The Aesthetics of the Vegetable World. MATTHIAS JAKOB SCHLEIDEN (1804… Read More