Bibliographic Detail
Esper, E.J.C., 1799
Reference:
Esper, E.J.C. (1799). Icones fucorum cum characteribus systematicis, synonimis (sic) auctorum et descriptionibus novarum specierum. Abbildungen der Tange mit beygefügten systematischen Kennzeichen, Anführungen der Schriftsteller, und Beschribungen der neuen Gattungen. Erster Theil. Part 3. pp. 127-166, Plates LXIV-LXXXVII. Nürnberg: Raspe.
Location:
Nürnberg
Notes:
According to TL-2, there are many erroneous page numbers (167 as "127," 217 as "117"). For an extensive commentary
see Suva. Copy orig. ed.: UG. The 184 coloured copper engravings are of drawings by Esper. According to Pritzel, the seventh fascicle is often lacking. The HNC facsimile reprint, however, includes this Heft.
"The majority of the species of algae treated in the hones had been described previously, and Esper's uncritical and even inaccurate figures and discussions, based solely on dried (and frequently fragmentary) material detracted rather than added to their understanding" (Suva). The importance of the book stems from the circumstance that it is one of the earliest phycological publications and that Esper's name is frequently cited in synonymies.
