Rare first edition of a botanical classic, the principal work of Johann Moldenhawer, published in 1812. This copy was part of the collection of the famous German botanist and explorer of Brazil Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), as the book-plate on the front pastedown shows. The Beyträge reflects the knowledge, acquired in the field of plant anatomy, during the period 1800-1812, when many new texts on the structure of plant organs were published and Moldenhawer made advances in his own research. This book contains important findings concerning plant anatomy, based on Moldenhawer's own experiments, where he isolated the cells and the vessels. "By completely isolating the cells and vessels in his preparations Moldenhawer demonstrated that the cell wall is closed on all sides.
Moldenhawers Beiträge zur Anatomie der Pflanzen, the result of eighteen years of unremitting research on plant anatomy, reflects his critical insights and methodical observations, both in his own experiments and in his analysis of earlier and contemporary research on plant anatomy by others. This makes it a classic overview of the history of plant anatomy.
With the bookplate of the explorer Philipp von Martius on the front paste-down. Some folds in the engraved plates not affecting the images, binding slightly rubbed and discoloured, head of the spine and foot of the black spine label chipped, but still in good condition. BMC (NH) III, p. 1333; Bradley I, p. 98; Pritzel 6357; for the author: DSB IX, p. 455.