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MOHL, Hugo von (1805-72). Vermischte Schriften botanischen Inhalts. Tübingen: bei Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1845. 4to (268 x 215mm). 13 lithographed plates, 5 of which with some hand-colouring (variable, mostly marginal, spotting and staining). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (rubbed and scuffed, head of spine torn). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION. Chapter XXVII (titled “Ueber die Vermehrung der Pflanzen durch Theilung”) reprints the author’s dissertation of 1835 which contains the first description of the division of a cell. Stafleu and Cowan 6187.