Book ID: 97818
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    
Vaucher, Jean - Pierre
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                Histoire des Conferves d'Eau Douce, contenant leurs différens modes de reproduction, et la description de leurs principales espèces, suivie de l'Histoire des Trémelles et des Ulves d'Eau Douce. 1803. 176 pls. 205 p. 4to. Hardcover.
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    Vaucher studied as one of the first the evolution of algae. In his present book, he studied the 'Kunjugation' of Spirogyra and Zygonema, called by him as 'fécondation'. Vaucheria was called after him.
The 'Histoire..' is a relatively rare item.