GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von, and others.

Pflanzen und Gebirgsarten von Marienbad, gesammelt und beschrieben von Seiner königlichen Hoheit dem Prinzen Friedrich, Mitregenten von Sachsen, (1834 und 1835) und von Sr. Excellenz J. W. von Göthe, grossherzoglich- sächsisch- weimar'schem wirklichen geheimen Rathe und Staatsminister, (1821, 1822, 1823) [continued on title verso:] ergänzt, und mit einem Anhange über die andern naturhistorischen Verhältnisse des Curortes herausgegeben von Dr. C. J. Heidler ...

Prague, Kronberger & Weber, 1837. 8vo, pp. x, 203, [1]; with a lithographed frontispiece, folding table, coloured folding lithographed petrographic plan of Marienbad, and 3 lithographed plates (one coloured); occasional light foxing only; a very good copy in contemporary German full roan, spine gilt, gilt border to sides, gilt edges, a few marks to upper board, spine slightly faded; Schloss Dittfurt bookplate. Rare first edition, containing the first appearance in print of Goethe’s catalogue of minerals collected at Marienbad. When Goethe went to Marienbad (Mariánské Lázn?) in 1821, he was entering virgin territory, geologically speaking, as the area had only really been accessible since it officially became a spa town in 1818. Aided by Karl Joseph Heidler, a young doctor at the spa, Goethe, now in his seventies, went about amassing a considerable collection of geological specimens. Heidler here prints Goethe’s manuscript catalogue of the collection now left in Heidler’s care (other specimens had been sent back to Weimar), and appends Goethe’s notes on the local geology.The other parts of the book contain Prince (later King) Friedrich of Saxony’s catalogue of Marienbad flora, and Heidler’s own lengthy description (c. 100 pages) of the spa itself, in which he discusses the therapeutic properties of the waters, sulphurous vapours, and even the soil (Heilerde) of the area.Goedeke IV/3, 593, 32; Pritzel 3058. OCLC lists 5 locations in the US: Yale (2 copies), Harvard, Oklahoma, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

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