Vom Pflanzenschlafe und von anverwandten Erscheinungen bey Pflanzen

by Franz von Paula Schrank

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First edition

55 pp. 8vo, orig. grey boards. Ingolstadt: J.W. Krüll, 1792. First edition of this uncommon book on plant irritability and movement, phenomena which so interested Linnaeus, Erasmus Darwin, and his grandson Charles Darwin. Fine copy from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria. ❧ Stafleu & Cowan 11109.

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