Das Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen
Sprengel, Christian Konrad,
1750-1816
author,
creator
Vieweg, Friedrich,
1761-1835
publisher
contributor
Arndt, Wilhelm,
1750-1813
engraver
contributor
Capieux, Johann Stephan,
1748-1813
engraver
contributor
Jäck, C. (Carl),
engraver
contributor
Wohlgemuth, A.,
engraver
contributor
text
book
Berlin
Bei Friedrich Vieweg dem aeltern
1793
1793
GER
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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42.59 botany: other
Anatomy
Botany
Early works to 1800
Fertilization of plants
Flowers
Plant anatomy
Pollination by insects
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