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GREW, Nehemiah. The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants . London: W. Rawlins for the Author, 1682. 2 o (316 x 196 mm). 83 engraved plates, some double-page or folding (a few minor marginal flaws). (Some minor browning to margin edges of text and plates.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, some wear to corners and edges repaired). Provenance : Godfrey Wytdbor (early signature on front free endpaper); Collegio Sancti Davidis (booklabel on rear pastedown). FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of "Grew's chief work which gained him the reputation of being one of the most distinguished scientists of the 17th century" (Hunt). This revised collected edition of three earlier treatises represents the first textbook on the subject. It includes The anatomy of vegetables begun, An idea of a phytological history propounded (first published 1673), and The comparative anatomy of trunks (1675). Along with Malpighi, Grew is considered the founder of plant anatomy, and both were the first to investigate internal plant anatomy with the aid of the microscope and demonstrate that plants have a characteristic ordered inner structure that could be classified. Henrey 162; Horblit 43b; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758; NLM/Krivatsy 4986; Norman 946; Wellcome III, p.164; Pritzel 3557; Wing G-1945. [ With :] GREW. Musaeum regalis societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge . London: W. Rawlins, 1681. 2 o . Frontispiece and 31 engraved plates. Contemporary calf (rebacked). (2)