First and only edition of a rare and important handbook on the history of botany. Nissen notest that it hasnt lost its value today as a handbook for the history of this field: "Das Werk habe selbst damals, also 1854, noch nichts von seinem Werte verloren. Winckler describes the history of botany in three parts. In the first he describes the earliest botanical ideas from the Greek and Romans and botanists in the Middle Ages, along with some Arabic botanists. In the second he describes botanists from the "Wiedererwachen der Wissenschaften" to the French botanist Laurent Antoine de Jussieu, regarding Jussieu and Linneaus as a turning point in the history of botany. In the third and last part of the book, Winckler describes the botanical ideas and thinkers from Laurent Antoine de Jussieu to Winckler's own time. He sheds light on all these botanists and their ideas in different ages, making this work a useful survey work for botanical ideas, not only for the past, but also relevant today.
Wholly untrimmed copy, foxed and somewhat browned, front hinge weak, spine slightly discoloured, but still in a good condition. Arnold Arboretum III, p. 338; BMC (NH) V, p. 2336; Bradley I, p. 79; Nissen BBI, p. 257; Stafleu & Cowan, 17929.