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Friedrich v. Sachsen u. J.W.v.Goethe.

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Plants and mountain species of Marienbad. Prague, Kronberger u. Weber 1837. 5 (2 col., 1 fold.) lithographic plates and 1 folded table. Table. X, 203 PP. Bindery of the twentieth century with title. (Somewhat damaged, weakly rubbed). Goed. IV 3 , 593, 32. Hirzel 180, A 497. Meyer 2458. Schmid, Goethe u. d. Naturwiss. 840. bacon coll. 2252/53. first edition. - Goethe wrote the article "Gang- u. Gebirgs-Arten von Marienbad," which was written during his stays in Marienbad in 1821-23, and there is also an excerpt from a letter to Count Sternberg in Prague. Friedrichs v. Sachsen (later Kg. Friedrich August II.) work on the Marienbad flora was written in 1834/35. - Weakly browned, sporadically weakly spotted.