Focke, Wilhelm Olbers: Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge: Ein Beitrag zur Biologie der Gewächse. Berlin, Borntraeger, 1881, pp. iv, 570, 8vo, half cloth with marbled boards, gilt-ruled and lettered spine (slightly faded). Some foxing, new endpapers and library stamps, but very well preserved copy. € 475 "Nur W.O. Focke zitierte Mendels Abhandlung in seinem Werk über die «Pflanzenmischlinge» …" (Mägdefrau). Sold in December 1992 by Sotheby’s: Darwin’s century: The Jeremy Norman collection …, lot 206 with note "Focke’s treatise is noteworthy for containing the only published references to Mendel’s work before 1900." * Martin Möbius: Geschichte der Botanik, 1937, p. 351; Jackson p. 492*; Karl Mägdefrau: Geschichte der Botanik, 1992, 2. edition, pp. 249-250. www.meemelink.com  |  botany