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Curt. Sprengel, prof. bot. Hal., Observationes botanicae in Floram Halensem. Mantissa secunda

Object Details

Notes
Pritzel (2nd ed.) 8865
SCNHRB has two copies, both bound with other works.
SCNHRB c. 1 (QK314 .S76m 1807 SCNHRB; barcode H392520A) bound with: Sprengel, K. Mantissa prima Florae Halensis. Halae : C. Kümmelium, 1807 (QK314 .S76m 1807 copy 1 SCNHRB) -- Wallroth, F.G. Annus botanicus. Halae : Sumtibus Car. Aug. Kümmelii, 1815. Bound together subsequent to publication.
SCNHRB c. 1 has unidentified monogram stamp "B" on title page.
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [handwritten accession number] 241890.
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in brown library buckram, with title in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers, measures 17 cm.
SCNHRB c. 2 (QK314 .S76 1806 SCNHRB; barcode H383526E) bound with: Sprengel, K. Florae Halensis. Halae Saxonum : C.A. Kümmelii, 1806 (QK314 .S76 1806 copy 1 SCNHRB) -- Sprengel, K. Mantissa prima Florae Halensis. Halae : C. Kümmelium, 1807 -- Wallroth, F.G. Annus botanicus. Halae : Sumtibus Car. Aug. Kümmelii, 1815. Bound together subsequent to publication.
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Library of A.S. Hitchcock and Agnes Chase. Inscribed in ink on recto of front free endpaper: A.S. Hitchcock 0-6-0; pencilled bibliographical note on verso of endpaper.
SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on title page: Smithsonian Libraries Nov 28 19[?].
SCNHRB c. 2 has [2] pages of publisher's advertisements bound-in at end.
SCNHRB c. 2 has typed [1]-leaf bibliographical note tipped-in at end.
SCNHRB c. 2 quarter bound in contemporary marbled and tree-patterned papers, gilt-tooled spine, and red edges.
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1811
Call number
QK314 .S76m 1807
Author
Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim 1766-1833
Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim 1766-1833 Flora Halensis 1806
publisher
Kümmel, Carl August 1769-1846
former owner
Chase, Agnes 1869-1963 DSI
Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935 DSI
Type
Books
Physical description
31 pages ; 17 cm
Place
Germany
Halle an der Saale
Title
Observationes botanicae in Floram Halensem
Topic
Plants
Record ID
siris_sil_906449
Usage
CC0

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