Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 573

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694) Anatome plantarum. Impensis Johannis Martyn 1675 Vol. I: [4] 82 [2] 20 pp., 61 tables, 91 plates. 35.9 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 569

This rare volume, a landmark in the development of plant morphology, contains more than sixty fine copper engravings of seeds, plant cells, plants and their parts, and an appendix of embryological subjects. Volume II, published in 1679, is not present here.

Cited references: Cushing M97; Garrison-Morton 536; Osler 985

Gift of John Martin, M.D.