Das entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen
By: von Christian Konrad Sprengel ; mit 25 Kupfertafeln
Contributors: Capieux, Johann Stephan, 1748-1813, engraver; Jäck, C. (Carl), engraver; Arndt, Wilhelm, 1750-1813, engraver; Wohlgemuth, A., engraver; Lehmann, C. A., fl. 1803, former owner; Burndy Library
Publisher: Bei Friedrich Vieweg dem æltern
Published: 1793
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Anatomy; Botany; Fertilization of plants; Flowers; Pictorial works
Notes: Title within engraved border of illustrations of plants and insects, numbered from I-XXVII.

Illustrations are signed: C.K. Sprengel ad nat. del.; C. Jäck scripsit et scu[l]psit (t.p.); Arndt sculp (t.p.).; Capieux sculps.; A. Wohlgemuth sc.

Includes index.

Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 30

Exhibit page opening : plate vol., # XXIV 1995/05/30 through 1996/05/10 William E. Baxter SIL Exhibition Gallery, NMAH SDS / "Science and the Artist's Book".

SCDIRB copy is bound in two volumes. Volume 1 (39088006072920) has the text; volume 2 (39088006073043) has the plates.

SCDIRB copy has autograph of a former owner on front free endpapers: C.A.[?] Lehmann Jr., 1803.

SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Herald of Science, no. 30.

SCDIRB copy has contemporary tree-stained brown paperboard bindings with gilt-tooled spines and green-painted spine labels.