SCHWANN, Theodor (1810-1882). Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen, Berlin: Sander'schen Buchhandlung (G.E. Reimer), 1839, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 4 folding engraved plates by C.E. Weber after drawings by the author (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, accession number on foreward leaf), contemporary half sheep (rubbed, spine torn, inner hinge broken, front free endpapers detatched). [Dibner 197; Horblit 93a; Norman 1914; PMM 307b; Pritzel 8252; Sparrow 179] Provenance: JCL

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SCHWANN, Theodor (1810-1882). Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen, Berlin: Sander'schen Buchhandlung (G.E. Reimer), 1839, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 4 folding engraved plates by C.E. Weber after drawings by the author (perforation stamp on title, ink stamp on verso of plates, accession number on foreward leaf), contemporary half sheep (rubbed, spine torn, inner hinge broken, front free endpapers detatched). [Dibner 197; Horblit 93a; Norman 1914; PMM 307b; Pritzel 8252; Sparrow 179] Provenance: JCL

拍品专文

Schwann, and his fellow German Mathias J. Schleiden, brought the science of cellular biology into being. "In 1838 Schwann recognised the ovum to be a cell and drew from this epochal decision three conclusions: that the entire plant or animal consists of a grouping of cells or cellular derivatives; that each cell has a certain amount of individual life; that each cell life is subject to that of the organism as a whole. These concepts still prevail. The cell (so named by Hooke) thus became thge building block for the entire structure of plant and animal life and provides the distinction between a living and a dead organism" (Dibner).