‎DIERBACH, JOHANN HEINRICH.‎
‎Beitrage zu Deutschlands Flora gesammelt aus den Werken der altesten deutschen Pflanzenforscher. 4 parts. ‎

‎Heidelberg, Karl Groos, 1825 - 1833. 8vo. Four parts bound in one contemporary half cloth binding with paper title-label to spine. Light wear to extremities. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. With occassional brownspotting. XVI, 130, (2), 94, (2), 94, IV, 164 pp. + 4 frontispieces, 1 to accompany each part. ‎

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‎Exceedingly rare first edition of Dierbach's work on Germany’s early botanists such as Tragus, Fuchs, Clusius and Gessner. He claimed “that at a time when botanists across much of Europe were deeply engaged in discovering, classifying, and studying the plants of their native lands - exploring their nature and delving into every branch of the wide field of botany with a passion that earlier centuries never knew—it seems appropriate to take a moment to look back. We can honor the early German pioneers who first turned their attention to the plants of our homeland and laid the foundation for everything we do today in this field of science.” (From the preface of the present work).‎