AUTHOR: Acharius, Erik (1757-1819)
TITLE-PAGE TRANSCRIPTION: LICHENOGRAPHIAE |
SVECICAE | PRODROMUS. | [double rule
46 mm.] | AUCTOR | Erik Acharius | Med. Doct. Medicus
Provinc. Ostro-Gothiae | ad Nosocom. Reg. Vadsten. Med. Ord.
| Reg. Acad. Scient. Svec. & Societ. Physiogr. Lund. Membr. |
[scrolled rule 90 mm., from which lichen hang; all framing one large and
three small fossils] | [rule 79 mm.] | Lincopiae, D. G. Björn, 1798.
COLLATION: 8º, 21 x 14 cm.:
p4
(-p1) 1-34
A-Q8 R4 [$2 (i.e. leaves 1 and 5) signed] pp.
[6]. [i]-xxiv, [1]-264
CONTENTS: p. [1]. Half-title. p. [3]. Title
page. p. [5]. Dedication. p. i. Proemium. p. xviii. Nomina auctorum et
scriptorum citata. p. xxii. Explicatio figurarum. p. 1. Dianome lichenum.
p. 5. I. Lichenes crustacei. p. 107. II. Lichenes foliacei. p. 208. III.
Lichen. caulescentes. p. 227. Emendanda et supplenda. p. 235. Index nominum.
p. 261. Index Svecicus.
ILLUSTRATIONS: Engraved plates opposite p. 264: Tab.
I. Fig. 1. Lichen Dillenianus. Fig. 2. Lichen Swartzii. Tab. II. Fig. 1.
Lichen Ehrhartianus. Fig. 2. Lichen Westringii.
BINDING: Brown half-leather binding, green marbled
paper boards; brown leather label on spine, speckled ends.
NOTES: Engraved title-page. “Nomina
auctorum et scriptorum citata”: p. xviii-xxi. Includes index. Manuscript
notes tipped in at end. “Erik Acharius was the very last pupil of
Linnaeus and is the founder of the scientific study of lichens. Not only
did he outline the first rational system and describe a great many genera
and species from various parts of the world, but he also investigated
the previously quite neglected morphology of the lichens so thoroughly
that many morphological terms used to this day derive from him. Acharius’
first important publications on lichens, describing 345 species occurring
in Sweden, of which 24 were new to science.” — Dieter Schierenberg,
catalogue 72
REFERENCES: BM(NH), v.1 p.8; Stafleu and Cowan, no.
9; DSB, v. 1 p. 45-46.
PROVENANCE: W. D. Peck. A. Little, Feb. 1823. W. Lowri.
D.Humphrey. Storer, June 30, 182?. Boston Society of Natural History.
KEYWORDS: 1. Lichens—Sweden.
LOCATION: QK590.S8A2 1798
OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: UC Irvine; UC
Berkeley, Bancroft Library
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