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GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783. Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.
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GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783.
Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.
Folio (367 x 250 mm). 51 hand-colored engraved plates by Johann Christian Keller. Contemporary sheep with old re-backing.
Provenance: Freiherr Ernst von Grunelius, Freifrau Anna von Grunelius née Gräfin von Bernstorff (bookplates dated 1929); by descent to the present owner.
FIRST EDITION. One of the author's earliest works on microscopy. Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Russwurm was a naturalist and musicologist who worked in the service of the Margrave of Bayreuth. In 1760 he met microscopist Martin Ledermüller, leading Gleichen-Russwurm to also take up the microscope to conduct research. Most of his work concentrated on the fertilization and pollination of plants. In this study of microorganisms, Gleichen-Russwurm introduced the process of phagocytic staining, a technique that was not commonly used until the 19th century. Nissen BBI 716; Pritzel 3367.
Folio (367 x 250 mm). 51 hand-colored engraved plates by Johann Christian Keller. Contemporary sheep with old re-backing.
Provenance: Freiherr Ernst von Grunelius, Freifrau Anna von Grunelius née Gräfin von Bernstorff (bookplates dated 1929); by descent to the present owner.
FIRST EDITION. One of the author's earliest works on microscopy. Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Russwurm was a naturalist and musicologist who worked in the service of the Margrave of Bayreuth. In 1760 he met microscopist Martin Ledermüller, leading Gleichen-Russwurm to also take up the microscope to conduct research. Most of his work concentrated on the fertilization and pollination of plants. In this study of microorganisms, Gleichen-Russwurm introduced the process of phagocytic staining, a technique that was not commonly used until the 19th century. Nissen BBI 716; Pritzel 3367.

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