Gmelin, biograph. Angaben in : (Radde)
GMELIN, J.G. Flora Sibirica sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae. Petropoli, Typographia Academiae Scientiarum, 1747-1769. 4 volumes. 4to. With 301 engraved plates printed on 286 leaves.
Nissen BBI, 721; Junk Rara II, 218-219. A fine complete copy of this fundamental publication on Sibirian plants. A work of utmost rarity; especially the last two volumes published by S.G. Gmelin after the author's death and published in a much smaller edition than the first two. The work contains descriptions of 1178 species and represents the most important early botanical contribution to the vast Siberian mainland. "In his preface to the 'Flora Sibirica' Gmelin gave a remarkable overall picture of the nature of central Sibiria, pointing out that western Siberia looks very much like eastern Europe, but that after crossing the Yenisey River he had the impression of being in another continent" (D.S.B. V, 428). Plate 41 of volume III was never published. Volume II with faint waterstain in the upper margin of some of the plates.