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GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun. With a general account of Vegetation Founded theron. London: for Spencer Hickman, 1672.
First edition of Grew's first book, which contains his accurate observations of the structures of wood, bark and roots. "His most important contribution to botany was his belief that the flower contains the sexual organ of a plant. He distinguished the calyx, stamens and pistils, and that the anthers scatter pollen" (Dibner). In The Anatomy of Vegetables, Grew introduced the term "parenchyma."
8vo (155 x 92 mm). 3 folding engraved plates. (Some light browning, staining, or offsetting). Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: Thomas James (c.1650-1711) London bookseller and mathematical printer to the King, grandson of Bodley’s first librarian (inscription noting his bequest to Sion College dated 1711); Sion College Library (stamp on verso of title-page accompanied by a deaccession stamp dated 1938). ESTC R30321; Dibner Heralds 21; Henrey 163 and pp. 135-138; NLM/Krivatsy 4987; Norman 944; Pritzel 3554; Wellcome III, p.164; Wing G-1946.
First edition of Grew's first book, which contains his accurate observations of the structures of wood, bark and roots. "His most important contribution to botany was his belief that the flower contains the sexual organ of a plant. He distinguished the calyx, stamens and pistils, and that the anthers scatter pollen" (Dibner). In The Anatomy of Vegetables, Grew introduced the term "parenchyma."
8vo (155 x 92 mm). 3 folding engraved plates. (Some light browning, staining, or offsetting). Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked). Provenance: Thomas James (c.1650-1711) London bookseller and mathematical printer to the King, grandson of Bodley’s first librarian (inscription noting his bequest to Sion College dated 1711); Sion College Library (stamp on verso of title-page accompanied by a deaccession stamp dated 1938). ESTC R30321; Dibner Heralds 21; Henrey 163 and pp. 135-138; NLM/Krivatsy 4987; Norman 944; Pritzel 3554; Wellcome III, p.164; Wing G-1946.