Leipzig 1850, Wilhelm Engelmann. 14.5x21.5 cm, pp. VIII, 391, plates (5) and woodcuts in the text, hardback binding, cloth, heraldic ex-libris of Rudolph hr. von Hoyos-Sprintzenstein, owner of Jastrowiec in the middle of the 19th century, on the front pasteboard. Good condition (undated stamps).
Popular science book by one of the founders of modern botany - Matthias Jakob Schleiden, co-author of the cell theory. The author explains in an accessible way the structure and functioning of plants, from cellular structures, through tissues and organs, to the process of growth, reproduction and adaptations to the environment. Content in German.



