Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. [Fore-Edge Painting].

BERKELEY, M.J.

Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany. [Fore-Edge Painting].

First Edition of M.J. Berkeley's Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany; With a Fore-edge Painting

London: H. Bailliere, 1857.

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First edition of this pioneering study establishing foundational principles for modern mycology and cryptogamic botany. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, with 127 illustrations on wood. Decorated with a fore-edge painting to the side. In good condition. bookplate of King's College, London.

Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany (1857) by Miles Joseph Berkeley is a foundational text in the study of non-flowering plants, encompassing algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, and ferns. In this work, Berkeley—one of the foremost British mycologists and botanists of the nineteenth century—sought to systematize the classification and morphology of cryptogams at a time when microscopic observation and experimental mycology were transforming botanical science. Combining meticulous empirical study with theoretical synthesis, the book advanced understanding of plant reproduction, structure, and development beyond the flowering plants that had dominated earlier taxonomy.