Traite d?anatomie et de physiologie vegetales, suivi de la nomenclature méthodique ou raisonnée des parties extérieures des plantes, et un exposé succinct des systêmes de botanique les plus généralement adoptés. Ouvrage servant d?introduction a l?étude de la botanique. Par C. F. Brisseau-Mirbel. 1-2.

MIRBEL, Charles François Brisseau de.

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Paris, F. Dufart, 1801-02. 8vo. 578 pp.+ 3 engr. plates, of which one folding,+ 2 printed fold. tables; 351,+ (1) pp.+ 14 engr. plates, of which one folding,+ 6 fold. printed tables. Minor hole p. 225-226 in part one, minor spotting, and slight stain on the large folding plate in part one. Contemporary half calf, gilt spines with green and red labels, red edges. Two volumes. Pritzel 6287. First edition of ?Traite d?anatomie? which established Brisseau de Mirbel?s position as a founder of cytology, plant histology and plant physiology in France. Charles François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776-1854) was a French botanist, mainly plant anatomist and physiologist. He was in 1803 appointed to superintendent of the gardens of Napoleon's Château de Malmaison. After the 1830 revolution he ended his career at the National Museum of Natural History as head of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and eventually became the Director of Culture (chaire de culture) for the museum.

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• Title: Traite d?anatomie et de physiologie vegetales, suivi de la nomenclature méthodique ou raisonnée des parties extérieures des plantes, et un exposé succinct des systêmes de botanique les plus généralement adoptés. Ouvrage servant d?introduction a l?étude de la botanique. Par C. F. Brisseau-Mirbel. 1-2.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback