Das Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen

By

Sprengel, Christian Konrad, 1750-1816 , author,

Vieweg, Friedrich, 1761-1835 , publisher
Arndt, Wilhelm, 1750-1813 , engraver
Capieux, Johann Stephan, 1748-1813 , engraver
Jäck, C. (Carl), , engraver
Wohlgemuth, A., , engraver

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Berlin, Bei Friedrich Vieweg dem aeltern, 1793

Notes

Engraved title page with illustrations of plants and insects, numbered from I-XXVIII, spaced around the border, with additional illustrations of insects scattered across the title portion

Text in numbered double columns, printed on both sides of the leaves. The 25 copperplate illustrations feature 1117 drawings of flower parts from 461 species of plants

Illustrations are signed: C.K. Sprengel ad nat. del. (or "auctor del."); C. Jäck scripsit et scu[l]psit (title page); Arndt sculp (title page); Capieux sculps.; A. Wohlgemuth sc.

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Subjects

42.59 botany: other , Anatomy , Botany , Early works to 1800 , Fertilization of plants , Flowers , Plant anatomy , Pollination by insects

Call Number

QK692 .S77

Language

German

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13716
OCLC: 8611706
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51410416