8vo (185 x 105 mm).  Title printed in red and black, engraved coat of arms on title-page, 5 folding engraved plates, numerous woodcut decorations. (Some occasional light toning.) Contemporary half calf over marbled boards gilt, edges speckled edges (chipping to spine ends, some rubbing , corners lightly bumped); glassine. Provenance: Robert James Shuttleworth (1810-1874), English Botanist (bookplate)

 

FIRST EDITION of Haller’s work including information about plants from different localities, habitats, and developmental phases. Haller was a Swiss naturalist and was the first botanist to realize the importance of herbaria to study variation in plants. Opuscula sua Botanica derives from 6 pamphlets, each providing extensive discussion on alpine plants, and the history of botany from his own observations.  From the collection of Robert James Shuttleworth, noted British Botanist and malacologist. Hunt 535; Pritzel 3722; Stafleu & Cowan 2308.