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Nitzsch, C. L.

Beitrag zur Infusorienkunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien.

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(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Nitzsch, C. L.

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Halle, Johann Christian Hendel, 1817. 8vo (20.0 x 12.0 cm). 136 pp.; six partly handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary (original?) boards. = Rare, early monograph on microscopical organisms, in particular Cercaria (trematodes) and bacils (Bacteria). The author, the zoologist Christian Ludwig Nitzsch (1782-1837) was professor in Halle an der Saale. "He is best remembered for his approach to classifying birds on the basis of their feather tract distributions or pterylosis of their young. He published studies on other topics, including diatoms (the diatom genus Nitzschia is named after him" (Wikipedia). Front board detached, old private owner's stamp on the dedication page, very old, skilful repair to two leaf margins, a few small spots, but generally still a very good copy. Not in Nissen.
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