Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären.

8vo: [6]-86 pp. (foxing).

Contemp. limp brown paper cover (joints partly split, spine sl. def.). Untrimmed copy.

First edition, first issue with author's name printed above the title, of Goethe's first published testimony of his scientific interests. It includes "Linnées Theorie von der Anticipation" (pp. 73-78), taken from the preface of Linnaeus' dissertation "De prolepsi plantarum". Enriched with a small "keepsake" issued by the editors of "Chronica Botanica" (Stockholm, 1950).
Ref. Hunt online. - Pritzel 3452. - VD18 14472724.
Prov. B. Martens (ms. entry). - E. Glocker 1816 (id.).
Joined, 2 botanical works: 1. Volckamer, Johann Georg - Flora Noribergensis sive Catalogus plantarum in agro Noribergensi [...]. Nuremberg, Michael, print. Knorz, 1700. Sm. 4to (browned, cut a bit too short shaving text on some ff.). Contemp. sheepskin (very used). First ed., ill. with 25 pl. Ref. Nissen (BBI) 2079. - Hunt online. - Pritzel 9850. - Cp. VD18. - 2. Ingen-Housz, Jan - J. Ingenhousz über Ernährung der Pflanzen und Fruchtbarkeit des Boden, aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Gotthelf Fischer [...]. Nebst einer Einleitung über einige Gegenstände der Pflanzenphysiologie von F. A. von Humboldt. Leipzig, Schäferischen Buchhandlung, 1798. 8vo (light spotting on title). Contemp. brown paper Bradel (sl. dusty, sl. browned spine). Large margined copy. Ref. VD18 10728457. - Cp. Pritzel 4435. Prov. Ed. Martens (cachet). (3 vol.)