Botany Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Historia Fucorum auctore Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. With 35 folded copper plates. Copper plates and three original specimens mounted on paper. St. Petersbourg, Typographia Academiae Scientiarum, 1768. 9 vols. 239 p. 4°. Later restored cloth with gilt-stamped ribbon marker, fillets and coloured edges (rubbed and bumped). Very rare in the trade. Not offered at a German auction for over 30 years. - Title page with unidentified ownership stamp on verso. - Nissen BBI 722 - Cleveland 487 - Pritzel 3396 - Stafleu & Cowan 2050 - Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1745-1774) was a German natural scientist. At the age of 18 he completed his medical training at the University of Leiden, after which he lived on the coast in Holland for several years. It was there that his fascination with algae began and he made his first observations. In 1767 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed professor of botany. - Slight foxing throughout, margins browned. Overall a well-preserved copy with fine copper engravings. Botany - With 35 folded. Copper plates and three original specimens mounted on paper. Later restored leather with gilt-embossed spine label, fillets and coloured edges (rubbed and bumped). - Very rare in the trade. Not offered at a German auction for over 30 years. - Title page with unidentified ownership stamp on verso. - Samuel Gootlieb Gmelin (1745-1774) was a German natural scientist. At the age of 18 he completed his medical training at the University of Leiden, after which he lived on the coast in Holland for several years. It was there that his fascination with algae began and he made his first observations. In 1767 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed professor of botany. - Slight foxing throughout, margins browned. Overall a well-preserved copy with fine copper engravings. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.