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Elements of the Philosophy of Plants (original German title: Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde) is a botany textbook written by the German botanist Kurt Sprengel (1766-1833) and the Swiss botanist Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778-1841). It was first published 1820 in German[1] and then anonymously translated into English in 1821.[2] The motivation of the authors to publish this book was to give an updated overview of botanical knowledge for the scientific community at this time, as the findings of the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812) were seen as outdated and new information was added to Carl Linnaeus' (1707-1778) work. The first three parts of the book, which contain chapters about nomenclature, the theory of classification, and phytography, were copied and translated from de Candolle's book Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1819).[2] The other parts of the textbook were written by Sprengel, where he described the anatomy and composition of plants, factors that impact the life of plants, plant diseases and the history of botany. Additionally, the last part of the book characterises 46 different plants and provides a description, geographic distribution and applications for each. To provide a pictorial representation of the findings, eight plates with botanical drawings were added to the beginning of the book.
![]() An illustrated plate (VI) from the 1821 English edition of Elements of the Philosophy of Plants | |
Author | Kurt Sprengel and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle |
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Original title | Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde |
Translator | Anonymous |
Illustrator | William Home Lizars |
Language | German |
Subject | Botany Biology Textbook Phytonomy |
Published | 1821 (Blackwood)(English) |
Publication place | Germany |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 486 |