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WHEN, a few years ago, Prof. Walther Rytz of the University of Bern was reviewing the collections in the Botanical Institute, he brought to light a herbarium in nine folios, the existence of which had been forgotten for more than a century. The history of these volumes, so far as it could then be traced, was that in 1806 they had been received by a bookseller in Bern from an antiquary in Zurich who owed him four louis d'or which he was unable to pay; six years later, the Bern dealer sold the nine folios for a single louis d'or to a botanist, through whom they came into the possession of the Institute. Since the collection was obviously a remarkable one, and appeared to be of early date, Dr. Rytz examined it minutely. His researches and their results make a fascinating story, which is now set out in fully illustrated form.
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ARBER, A. A Recent Discovery in Sixteenth Century Botany. Nature 137, 258–259 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137258a0
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