Sturm’s Figures of plants pdf

Sturm’s Figures of plants

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Spine title’, ‘Without title plates, imprints, or text leaves’, ‘Engraved throughout. 5 volumes comprise plates originally issued in Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur, published in Nuremberg by Jacok Sturm and his son Johann W. Sturm, described in Nissen (Die botanische Buchillustration, 1966) as being issued in 163 instalments from 1798 to 1865 (36 vol., 2472 plates, with texts by D.H. Hoppe, Koch, Reichenbach, Corda, and others) ; the 5 vol. may also include plates from other publications’, ‘Penciled: 197 plates (Vol. 1) ; 205 plates (Vol. 2) ; 196 plates (Vol. 3) ; 213 plates (Vol. 4) ; 213 plates (Vol. 5)’, ‘I. Ach-Cor — II. Cor-Hyp — III. Hyp-Oxa — IV. Pap-Sci — V. Sci-Wei’, ‘Gift of Tania Norris’, ‘Spine tooled in gilt. Page edges gilt. Bookplate of Thomas Harrison and printed label of Thos. F. Perley with numbers 502 to 506 inscribed on front pastedown; signature in black ink: Rev.

W.R. Crotch. Bookplate of Harris Hollin on back pastedown’, ‘Gift of Tania Norris

• Creator/s: Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848, Sturm, Johann W., d. 1865
• Date: 1798
• Book Topics/Themes: Plants, Botany

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