Bücher von Richard Spruce

The Musci and Hepaticae of the Pyrenees is a botanical book written by Richard Spruce and published in 1850. The book is a comprehensive guide to the mosses and liverworts found in the Pyrenees mountain range, located between France and Spain. Spruce, a British botanist and explorer, spent several years in the Pyrenees studying and collecting plant specimens. The book includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of over 400 species of mosses and liverworts, as well as information on their habitat, distribution, and classification. The Musci and Hepaticae of the Pyrenees is considered an important contribution to the field of botany and is still referenced by modern-day botanists and researchers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) spent fifteen years travelling in South America, studying and collecting numerous plant specimens. His narrative of this endeavour was edited as a labour of love by his fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) and published posthumously in two volumes in 1908.