WIEGMANN, A. F.

Om Planternes Sygdomme, med Angivelse af deres Aarsager, Helbredelse og Forebyggelse, og om nogle for Planterne skadelige Dyr og deres Ødelæggelse.

Kiøbenhavn, 1839.

8vo. In recent half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owners name to front free end-paper. Stamp to title-page, otherwise nice and clean. (8), 197 pp. + 1 plate. 

Uncommon first Danish edition of Wiegmann’s pioneering treatise on plant pathology, one of the earliest systematic studies of plant diseases. The work distinguishes between parasitic and non-parasitic causes describing fungal infections, rusts, smuts and environmental disorders affecting crops and garden plants.

Order-nr.: 62493