GREW (Nehemiah). Anatomy of plants. Paris, Lambert-Roulland, 1675; in-12 (146 x 81 mm), marbled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded fleurons, fillets on covers (Binding of the period) FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE FOUNDING TEXT OF THE CELLULAR ANATOMY OF PLANTS. The English original had appeared three years earlier. Along with Malpighi, Grew pioneered the use of the microscope in the study of plants. Here he analyses, successively, the root, stem, buds and spines, flower, fruit and seed. Frontispiece by Chauveau showing a botanist's cabinet with his microscopes and retorts, 8 bands depicting the botanist herboring or studying plants with his microscope and 14 hors-texte plates showing the different anatomical parts of plants seen through a microscope. VERY GOOD EXAMPLE, one leaf with reinforced margin, not missing.