> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 806](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333945) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9992-1) LSID 9992-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62829) QID Q62829 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sprengel, Kurt \[Polycarp Joachim\] (1766-1833), German (Prussian) botanist and physician; studied medicine at Halle 1785-1787; Dr. med. ib. 1787; lecturer in forensic medicine and history of medicine at Halle, also practicing medicine 1787; extraordinary professor of medicine 1787-1795; ordinary professor id. 1795-17975 professor of botany 1797-1833. **Abbreviated name**: *Spreng.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Spreng.*\] #### Herbarium and types Kurt Sprengel's considerable and rich herbarium (21.806 species) came first to his son Anton. After the latter's death, in 1851, it was sold in parts. "Sprengel's herbarium, valuable to some public collection on account of the number of ill-described and wrongly-named specimens which the author of the 16th edition of the "Systema vegetabilium" has made, has been entirely dismembered and sold in small portions to different individuals and institutions." (Seemann). A certain number of families and genera were sold to specialists, so e.g. the Compositae to Schultz-Bipontinus (now through the herbier Cosson at [[Collection P|P]] in the herbier général). The Umbelliferae and Caryophyllaceae went to [[Collection W|W]], the Cyperaceae (through Boeckeler) to [[Collection B|B]], the Filices via Kunze to [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (now destroyed, the grasses to Karl Müller, the Labiatae and Verbenaceae to J.A. Schmidt in Heidelberg, the Orobanchaceae to Fr. Schultz in Bitsch, the Meliaceae, Anonaceae, Melastomataceae, Bombacaceae, Ternstroemiaceae to Sonder (now [[Collection MEL|MEL]]), the Amaryllidaceae to Schnizlein), the Lichenes to Meisner ([[Collection BAS|BAS]] or [[Collection NY|NY]]). Even after this rigorous impoverishment a considerable portion remained and was acquired in 1853 by Karl Müller in Halle. The Müller-Sprengel herbarium (12.000 species) was bought by Berlin ([[Collection B|B]]) in 1890, and is now no longer extant. A certain number of specimens, however, (240) is in the Willdenow herbarium and the Pteridophytes have also been preserved. Further material is at [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]] (some lich.), [[Collection H|H]]-Ach (lich.), [[Collection L|L]] (some musci and algae), [[Collection LD|LD]] (200, herb. Retzius), [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PR|PR]]. According to Urban (1891) the part of the Sprengel herbarium acquired by B in 1890 contained material from Balbis, Baumgarten, Bertero, Besser, Defile, Detharding, Dewey, Forster, Gussone, Lamarck, Ledebour, Moris, Nuttall, Pollini, Rottler, Schiede & Deppe, Schott, Sellow, Sieber, Torrey, Weihe and Zèyher. – *Letters* e.g. at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 35: 296-299 (E. Wunschmann); AG 6(1): 531; Backer p. 545; Barnhart 3: 312 (b. 3 Aug 1766, d. 15 Mar 1833); BM 5: 1994-1995, 8: 1233; Bret. p. 277; CSP 5: 783-784, 12: 6957; Dawson p. 779; De Toni 1: cxviii; DSB 12: 591-592 (mainly medical); DTS 1: 286, 6(4): 198-199; Frank 3 (Anh.): 99; GR p. 48, *pl*. \[*17*\], cat. 72; Hawksworth p. 186; Hegi 4(2): 788, 5(2): 1087; Herder p. 479 (index); Hortus 3: 1204; IF p. 732; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343, 2: (files); Jackson p. 2, 37, 114, 148; KR p. 663; Krempelh. 2: 4, 138-145; Langman p. 715; Lasègue p. 48, 526; Lenley p. 469 (Torrey corr.); LS 25614-25622; Maiwald p. 27, 96, 147, 196; MD p. 225-227; Moebius p. 164, 456; MW p. 465; Nordstedt p. 29; PR 8860-8880 and see indexes, ed. 1: 9832-9856 (id.); Rehder 5: 817-818; RS p. 143; Saccardo 1: 157, 2: 203; SBC p. 132; SK 1: cxvii, 4: 45; SO 327, 451, 451a, 452, 616, 991a; Stevenson p. 1259; TL-1/1257-1267 and see indexes; TL-2/511, 992, 1462, 3454, 3914, 4693, 4760, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 664-665; Urban-Berl. p. 119, 314, 400, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 720, ed. u, p. 821. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 6: 359-360. 1848 (ref. to Meurer/Rosenbaum biogr.), 8: 568. 1850 (herb.), 9: 496, 903. 1851 (herb.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print, books 227: 843-846. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 176: 921-929. 1949; Flora 16: 288. 1833 (D.F.L. von Schlechtendal succeeds S. at Halle); Neu. Nekrol. Deut. 11: 200-208. 1833. - Barnhart, J.H., Bartonia 16: 34. 1934 (bot. corr. v. Schweinitz). - Bickerich, R., Mitt. deut. entom. Ges. 25: 31-34, 35-37. 1966 (commem.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.44, 255.59. 1980. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 452. 1880 (herb.). - Dawson, W.R., Smith letters 88. 1934. - Fitting, H., Z. Naturw. Leipzig 69: 333-337, 341-343. 1897. - Greene, E.L., Landmarks of botanical history, Stanford ed. 1983, p. 98-99, 122, 218, 545, 844, 1136 \[index\] (ed. F.N. Egerton). - Harvey-Gibson, R.J., Outlines hist. bot. 38, 60-62, 132, 160. 1914. - Heischkel, E., Janus 25: 67-118, 125-151. 1931 (Spreng. as a historian of medicine). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorzeit 362-365, 405-409, 490 \[index\] 1884. - Kaiser, W. & A. Völker, Kurt Sprengel 1766-1833, Halle, Saale, 1982 (Wiss. Beitr. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg). - Kilian, H.F., Die Universitaeten Deutschlands 120. 1828 ("... unter den Professoren Deutschlands gewiss *der* berühmteste..." contemporary statement). - Kühnel, J., Thad. Haenke 26, 153. 1960. - Kümmel, F., Hercynia ser. 2. 14: 233-238. 1971 (hist. Bot. Gard. Halle). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, index pers. names vols. 1-30. 691-692. 1985. - Lütjeharms, W.J., Gesch. Mykol. 15, 17, 29, 99. 1936. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 21, 78, 112. 1973. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 122(3): 171. 1978 (Sprengel sent material to Muhlenberg, now at PH). - Meurer, D., Arch. Pharmacie 103: 115-120. 1848 (biogr. sketch of S. based on J. Rosenbaum's "vita" in Curtii Sprengelii opuscula academica 1844). - Meyer, D.E., Willdenowia 1(5): 773-776. 1957 (on K. Sprengel and Goethe); Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 80: 209-217. 1967 (on Goethe and Sprengel). - Müller, K., Bot. Zeit. 12: 478-479. 1854 (Müller still has parts of the Sprengel herbarium for sale). - Müller, R.H.W., & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 76, 78-81, 83, 90, 98, 101, 164. 1960. - O., Dict. sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 7: 249-250. 1825. - Pagel, *in* Biogr. lex. hervorrag. Ärzte ed. 2. 5: 374-375. 1932. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 34, 37, 56-57, 68. 1942. - Rohlfs, H., Gesch. deut. Mediz. 2: 212-279. 1880 (extensive treatment of Spr.'s medical work). - Rothmaler, W., Taxon 2: 143. 1953 (on herb.). - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 283-284, 612. 1875; Histoire bot. 70, 132, 272, 311, 322, 484. 1892. - Schmid, G., Goethe und die Naturwissenschaften 99, 248, 259, 585, 617. 1940; Chamisso als Naturforscher nos. 153, 175, 200, 260, 261, p. 10. 1942. - Schuhes, J.A., Flora 5(1): 154-155. 1822 (visit J.A. Schultes to Sprengel). - Seemann, B., J. Bot. 1: 352. 1863 (herb.). - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 16, 38. 1977 (herb. mat. at FI). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 125. 1979 (mss. notes on Sprengel in A. Chase mss.). - Urban, I., Bot. Jahrb. 14 (Beibl. 32): 38. 1891 (on Sprengel's herbarium; 12000 came to B with Karl Muller's phanerogam herbarium). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 159. 1982. - Werner, K., Wiss. Z. Univ. Halle, Math.-Nat. 4(4): 775-778. 1955 (the HAL herbarium was started by Sprengel; a catalogue of 1825 by A. Sprengel mentions 4676 species; private herb. not in Halle). #### Main biography and bibliography G. Kraus, *Der botanische Garten der Universität Halle* 2: 1-87. 1894 (botanical bibl.); for Sprengel's medical works see H. Rohlfs, *Geschichte der deutschen Medicin* 2: 212-279. 1880. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed preface and notes to George Santi, "*Naturhistorische Reise* durch einen Theil von Toscana. Aus dem Italienischen übersetzt von Gerasimus Constantini von Gregorini", Halle (bey Johann Jakob Gebauer) 1797. *Copy*: LZ (Univ. libr.). - (2) Preface to Anton Krocker (1774-1863), *De plantarum epidermide*, Halae 1800. - (3) *Theophrast's Naturgeschichte der Gewächse*. Übersetzt und erläutert von K. Sprengel. Altona (bey Johann Friedrich Hammerich) 1822, 2 parts, 1: \[i-viii\], \[1\]-358 and \[i, iii\], \[1\]-427. Facsimile ed. Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 1971 (with \[i\*-iv\*\] and \[i\*-iv\*\], extra preface matter). – See E.H.F. Meyer, Gesch. Bot. 1: 187-188. 1854 ("sehr flüchtig und sehr frei", quality dubious). - (4) *Memoria O. Swartzii, in* O. Swartz, *Adnotationes botanicae* 1829. – See also his biography of Swartz *in* Nova Acta Leop. 10: xxxiv-xli. 1821. - (5) August Babel, *De graminum fabrica et oeconomia*. Halae 1804 was written by K. Sprengel. - (6) Translated B. Bergius, *Tal om Läckerheter*, 1785, as *Über die Leckereyen*... mit Anmerkungen von Joh. Reinh. Forster und Kurt Sprengel. Halle (im Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses) 1792, Oct., 1: \[i-xvi\], \[1\]-382, \[383-384\], 2: \[i-xvi\], \[1\]-330. *Copy*: NSUB. - (7) Pedanii Dioscorides Anazarbei *de materia medica*... commentario illustravit Curtius Sprengel. Lipsiae 1829-1830, 2 vols., see E.H.F. Meyer, Gesch. Bot. 2: 112. 1855 (positive judgement), (vol. 1 sent to A.P. de Candolle on 15 Jun 1829; vol 2 on 7 Aug 1830). - (8) Encontre, Daniel, *Additions à la Flore biblique de Sprengel*, Montpellier 1811. - (9) Biography of C. Linnaeus *in* Biogr. Darstell. merkw. Menschen, Halle, 7: 207-256. 1808; R. Boyle *in* 7: 469-490. 1808; A. v. Haller 8: 33-70. 1809; B. v. Verulam 8: 71-104. 1809. - (10) *Epitome florae indicae* conscriptae a W. Roxburgh, editae a W. Carey, cum notis N. Wallich et C. Sprengel, *in Neue Entdeck*. 3: 66-156. 1822. - (11) Preface to F.G. Dietrich, *Vollst. Lex. Gärtn.* 1802-1810, see TL-2/1466. - (12) Translated Karl Peter Thunbergs,... *Reisen in Afrika und Asien*, vorzüglich in Japan ... mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Johann Reinhold Forster,... Berlin (in der Vossischen Buchhandlung) 1792, viii, 230 p. #### Handwriting Candollea 33: 403-404. 1978. #### Eponymy *Curtia* Chamisso et D.F.L. von Schlechtendal (1826); *Sprengelia* J.A. Schuhes (1809). #### Note - (1) Kurt Sprengel was the son of the Berlin teacher, theologian and natural scientist Joachim Friedrich Sprengel whose half-brother was Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750-1816). They were sons of Ernst Victor Sprengel (1686-1759) from different marriages (15 children in all, C.K. Sprengel being the youngest). Anton Sprengel (1803-1851) was a son of Kurt Sprengel; another son, Wilhelm Sprengel (1792-1828), defended a botanical dissertation of which the text was provided by the promotor (his father) and provided illustrations for various publications of K. Sprengel. - (2) Joachim Friedrich Sprengel, Kurt Sprengel's father, wrote a *Vorstellung der Kräuterkunde in Gedächtnisstafeln*, Greifswald 1754. Qu. (n.v.). - (3) Karl (Carl) Sprengel (1787 or 1787-1859), director of the agricultural college at Regenswalde, Pommerania (d. late Apr 1859), wrote "*Meine Erfahrungen im Gebiete der allgemeinen und speziellen Pflanzen-Cultur*, 2 vols., Leipzig (Baumgärtner) 1847-1850, 1: 1847, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-345, \[346\], 2: 1850, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-348. *Copy*: USDA. - (4) For a planned *Vollständige Geschichte der Farrenkräuter* see Sprengel in H.A. Schrader, J. Bot. 1801(1): 425-431. This was to be a fully illustrated monograph of the Pteridophyta from "Equisetum to Isoetes". The book was too expensive in war-time and was never realized (G. Kraus 2: 48. 1894). #### Handwriting Webbia 32(1): 15. 1977 (no. 30). ### Publications ##### n.12.673. Antiquitatum botanicarum **Title** *Antiquitatum botanicarum* specimen primum. Auctore Curtio Sprengelio,... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (impensis bibliopoli Schaferiani) 1798. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Antiq. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Nov 1798 (p. viii: Cal. Apr 1798; GGA 10 Dec 1798), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-110, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. copp. auct.). *Copies*: B, G, HH, K, NY, USDA; IDC 5748. – Contains: i. *De Violis antiquorum*; ii. *De Quercubus veterum*; iii. *De Cytisis veterum*; iv. *De Lotis veterum*; v. *De Asphodelis*; vi. *De Cancarno*; vii. *De Myrobalanis*. *Ref*.: Schrader, H.A., J. Bot. 1799(4): 379-387. ##### n.12.674. Der botanische Garten der Universität zu Halle **Title** *Der botanische Garten der Universität zu Halle* im Jahre 1799. Mit einem Grundrisse des botanischen Gartens. Halle (bei C.A. Kümmel) 1800. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Gart. Halle*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1800 (Sprengel sent a copy to J. Banks on 30 Mar 1800), p. \[i\]-xxiii, \[1\]-108, 1 plan. *Copies*: B-S, H. *Erster Nachtrag* zu der Beschreibung des botanischen Gartens der Universität zu Halle: 1801, p. \[i\]-viii, \[9\]-44. *Copies*: B-S; IDC 7120. – Halle (bei Karl August Kümmel) 1801. Oct. *Further publications*: *Neue Pflanzenarten*,... in H.A. Schrader, J. Bot. 1800(2): 193-200, and *Description of Broteria persica* in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 151-153. 27 Mai 1802 (see also Erster Nachtrag). – On garden see also Gartenzeitung vols. 2 and 3, 1803-1804 and Allg. Lit.-Zeit. 1804(1): i-viii. ##### n.12.675. Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewächse **Title** *Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewächse*, in Briefen... Halle (bey Karl August Kümmel) 1802-1804, 3 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Anleit. Kenntn. Gew.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 3 parts ("Sammlungen"). *Copies*: B-S, G, H, HH, M, MO, NY, U, USDA; IDC 5229. – See RS p. 143, SY p. 21-22, TL-1. *1* (Von dem Bau der Gewächse...): 7 Sep 1802, p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-421, \[1-6, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-4* (uncol. copp. A.G. Eberhard). *Review*: GGA 1803: 1027-1032. 27 Jun 1803. *2* (Von der Kunstsprache und dem System): 11 Dec 1802, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-367, \[369-372\], *pl. 1-4* (id.). *3* (Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogamischen Gewächse): 28 Mar 1804, p. \[ii-xviii\], \[1\]-374, *pl. 1-10* (4 as "iii") (id.). – p. \[ii\] alternative t.p.: "*Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogamischen Gewächse*". – Rev.: H.A. Schrader, Neu. J. Bot. 1(3): 149-160. 1806. *Commentary* by Fr. Weber: "*Botanische Briefe* an Herrn Professor Kurt Sprengel zu Halle. Ein Anhang zu seiner Einleitung in das Studium der kryptogamischen Gewächse, für die Besitzer dieses Buchs..." Kiel (in der neuen academischen Buchhandlung) 1804 (p. 4: Jul 1804; publ. 30 Jul 1804, see SY p. 21, 22, TL-1/1393). *Copies*: G, U. *Reprint*: vols. 1 and 2 were reprinted with the imprint "Halle, 1804" (no publisher cited); vol. 3 was reprinted in Vienna (Wien) 1805: *1*: 1804, p. \[i\]-x, \[11\]-355, \[1-5, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-4* (uncol. copp). *Copy*: G. – Halle, 1804". Oct. *2*: 1804, p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-306, \[1-4, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-4* (id.). *Copy*: G. – "Halle, 1904". *3*: 1805, p. \[i\]-xii, \[13\]-322, \[1-6, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-10* (id.). *Copies*: G, Stadtbibliothek Wuppertal (through S.G. Greene). – Wien (In Commission bey Franz Grund) 1805. Oct. *English translation of part 3*: 1807, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-411, *pl. 1-10* (uncol. copp. A.G. Eberhard). *Copies*: MICH, MO, NSW, NY, PH, Stevenson, U, USDA. – "*An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants*. In letters by Kurt Sprengel,... translated from the German." London (printed for J. White,...) 1807. Oct. Translation by C.D.E. König. *Ed. 2*: 1817-1818, 3 parts. "Kurt Sprengel's *Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewächse*. Zweite, ganz umgearbeitete Ausgabe... Halle (bei C.A. Kummel) 1817-1818. Oct. *Copies*: B, BR, G, H, HH, M, MICH, MO, NY, U. – See SY p. 21, 22, RS p. 143, TL-1. *1*: 13 Apr 1817, p. \[i\]-xii, \[xiii\], \[1\]-482, *pl. 1-10* (partly col. copp.). *2*(*1*): 20 Apr 1817, p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-502, *pl. 1-10.* – "*Übersicht des Gewächsreichs* nach natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Erster Theil." The BR copy has cancels and originals for p. 83/84 and 277-278. *2*(*2*): 31 Mar 1818, p. \[i\]-xii, \[503\]-992, *pl. 11-15.* – *Übersicht des Gewächsreichs*... zweiter Theil". ##### n.12.676. Gartenzeitung **Title** *Gartenzeitung* oder Repertorium neuer, gemeinnütziger und wissenwürdiger Dinge in allen Zweigen der Gartenkunst. In Gesellschaft mehrerer practischer Gartenkünstler herausgegeben von Kurt Sprengel,... Halle (bey Johann Jakob Gebauer) 1804-1806, 4 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Gartenzeit.* **Notes** *1*: 1 Jul 1803-22 Jun 1804 (issues dated), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-406, *3 pl*. (2 col.). *2*: 6 Jul 1804-28 Jun 1805 (id.), p. \[1\]-416. *3 pl*. (col.). *3*: 5 Jul 1805-27 Jun 1806 (id.), p. \[1\]-416, *1 pl*. (col.). *4*: n.v. 1806. *Copy*: B-G (1-3). ##### n.12.677. Florae halensis tentamen novam **Title** Curtii Sprengel... *Florae halensis tentamen novam*... Halae Saxonum \[Halle\] (sumtibus C.A. Kümmelii) 1806. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. hal. tent. nov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Apr 1806 (Easter Fair 1806; SY p. 29, 50; TL-1), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-420, \[1-2, adv., 1 binder\], *pl. 1-12* (uncol. copp. J. Sturm). *Copies*: B, BM, BR, G, H, L, MICH, MO, NY(2), PH, US(2), USDA; IDC 5749. *Mantissa prima*: 1807, see below. *Mantissa secunda*: 1811, see below, as *Observationes botanicae in floram halensem*. *Supplementum tertium*: 1815, see F.W. Wallroth, "*Annus botanicus*, sive supplementum tertium ad Curtii Sprenglii Floram halensem". Halae \[Halle\] (sumtibus Car. Aug. Kümmelii) 1815. Oct. – For a further continuation see F.G. Wallroth, *Schedulae criticae de plantis florae halensis selectis*, 1822. *Ed. 2*: *Flora halensis* ed. 2, 2 vols. 1832, see below. *Additions on lichens*: *Lichenes florae halensis etiam nunc neglecti*, in *Neue Entdeck. 1*: 213-232. 1820, and *Species plantarum minus cognitae*, ib. 2: 95. 1821. *Ref*.: Garcke, C.A.F., Fl. Halle 1: xi, xiii. 1848. ##### n.12.678. Mantissa prima florae halensis **Title** Curtii Sprengel *Mantissa prima florae halensis*, addita novarum plantarum centuria. Halae \[Halle\] (apud C. Kümmelium) 1807. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mant. prim. fl. hal*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Jul 1807 (SY p. 31; TL-1), p. \[i\], \[1\]-58. *Copies*: BR, G, H, HH, M, MO, NY(2), UC, US(2), USDA; IDC 5749. The text of the *first* part, p. \[1\]-26 contains the *Observationes botanicae in floram Halensem*, Halle 11 Apr 1807, by C.L. Jungk, see TL-2/3454. This text was used by Jungk as thesis, but its contents must be ascribed to Sprengel. We saw no copy of the original dissertation. For a review see H. Schrader, Neu. J. Bot. 3: 194-198. 1809. The text of the *second* part, p. 27-58 contains the *Plantarum novarum ex herbario Sprengelii centuriam* which was published earlier separately as a dissertation by J.F.T. Biehler, see TL-2/511, see e.g. M.L. Fernald, Rhodora 47: 197-198. 1945, under the half-title *Novarum plantarum ex herbario meo centuria*. We saw no copy of the original dissertation. ##### n.12.679. Index plantarum **Title** *Index plantarum* quae in horto botanico halensi anno 1807 viguerunt. \[Halle\] (Literis Jo. Jac. Gebauer) \[1807\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Index pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1807 (probably; p. \[viii\]: 13 Nov 1807; no date on t.p.), p. \[i-viii\], \[9\]-64. *Copy*: B-S. – 2713 species mentioned. ##### n.12.680. Historia rei herbariae **Title** Curtii Sprengel *Historia rei herbariae*... Amsteldami \[sic\] \[Amsterdam\] (sumtibus Tabernae librariae et artium) 1807. 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. rei herb.* **Notes** *1*: Dec 1807 or Jan 1808 (t.p. 1807; Koninklijke Courant (official) rd 1-6 Feb 1808; Royal Library, the Hague 3 Feb 1808; announcement at Michaelismesse 1807), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-534. *2*: 1 Aug-17 Sep 1808 (t.p. 1808; Sprengel sent a copy to A.P. de Candolle on 17 Sep 1808; received by the official registrar, Koninklijke Courant 12-17 Jun 1809; rd by Royal Library, the Hague 17 Jun 1809), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[xviii, err.\], \[1\]-574. *Copies*: BR, G, H-UB, HH, KU, MICH, MO, PH. *Other issue*: 1808 (both volumes), Parisiis et Argentorati (apud Treuttel et Würtz Bibliopolas), Amstelodami (in Taberna Libraria et artium). Oct. *Copies*: B, NY. *1*: 1808, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-534. *2*: 1808, p. \[i\]-xvii, \[xviii\], \[1\]-574. *French extract*: 1809, *Extrait* d'un ouvrage de M. Kurt Sprengel, sur *l'histoire de la botanique*; par A.L. Millin, Paris (de l'imprimerie de J.B. Sajou,...) 1809, 28 p. (from Mag. Encycl. Aug 1809). *Copy*: NY. ##### n.12.681. Philosophia botanica **Title** Caroli Linnaei *Philosophia botanica*, in qua explicantur Fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis. Editio quarto, studio Curtii Sprengel. Halae ad Salam \[Halle\] (sumtibus Car. Aug. Kümmel) 1809. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Phil. bot. ed. Sprengel*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1809 (p. vi: 20 Apr 1809; Sprengel sent a copy to J.E. Smith on 21 Mai 1809), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-518, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-9* (uncol. copp. W. Sprengel). *Copies*: M, MO(2), U, US, USDA. – SO 451; see also TL-2/4760 (13). – Additions by S. in parentheses; rev. H.A. Schrader, Neu. J. Bot. 4(1, 2): 228-236. 1810. *New ed*.: 1824, p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[1\]-420, *pl. 1*-9 (id.), table, \[421\]-471, \[472\]. *Copies*: MO(2), PH, U, USDA. – "Caroli Linnaei *Philosophia botanica*, in qua explicantur botanices fundamenta, studio Curtii Sprengel; editio aucta et emendata. Tornaci Nerviorum \[Tournay; Doornik\] (e typis Caroli Casterman-Dieu) 1824. Oct. (in fours). – SO 452. This edition was amended and edited by J.G.S. van Breda (1788-1867). See p. \[v-vi\] and also TL-2/4760(14). ##### n.12.682. Observationes botanicae in floram halensem **Title** Curt. Sprengel,... *Observationes botanicae in floram halensem*. Mantissa secunda. Halae \[Halle\] (sumtibus Kümmelii) 1811. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot. fl. hal.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Aug-29 Sep 1811 (SY p. 31, 41; TL-1), p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-31. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, M, MO, NY(2), UC, US(2), USDA. – Mantissa secunda to K. Sprengel, *Fl. hal. tent. nov.* 1806. For third supplement see F.W. Wallroth, *Annus botanicus* 1815. ##### n.12.683. Bau und der Natur der Gewächse **Title** Kurt Sprengel, von dem *Bau und der Natur der Gewächse*... Halle (bey K.A. Kümmel) 1812. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bau Nat. Gew.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1812 (announced Jubilatemesse Leipzig 1811), p. \[i\]-ix, \[x, err.\], \[1\]-654, *pl. 1-14* (pp. col. copp. by W. Sprengel). *Copies*: B, G, M, NY. *Additions*: "Heinrich Friedrich Link's,... *Kritische Bemerkungen und Zusätze* zu Kurt Sprengel's Werk über den Bau und die Natur der Gewächse". Halle (bei Carl August Kümmel) 1812, p. \[i\], \[1\]-59, \[60\]. *Copies*: G, M, NY; IDC 5479. – See TL-2/4693 (the plates mentioned belong to Sprengel's work). *Swedish transl*.: 1820 (p. viii: 1 Jun 1820), "*Om växternas byggnad och natur*... Öfversättning af H.M. Rönnow med företal af... C.A. Agardh." n.v. Upsala (Palmblad & c.) 1820. Oct. – p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-152, \[1-7\], *pl. 1-5* (p.p. col). *Copies*: H-UB, HH, LD, Peterson. ##### n.12.684. Dissertatio de Germanis **Title** Curtii Sprengel... *Dissertatio de Germanis*, rei herbariae patribus. \[Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss. München 1811-1812. München (auf Kosten der Akademie) 1812\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1812, in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. München 1811-1812: 185-216. 1812 (sic: issue Denkschriften dated 1812). – Germany is stated to have been the birthplace of botany through the fathers of botany; lists "new plants" of the "fathers". *Reprint*: 1813, München (G. Franz), fide PR 8868. ##### n.12.685. Plantarum umbellijerarum denuo desponendarum prodromus **Title** *Plantarum umbellijerarum denuo desponendarum prodromus*... Halae (typis Hendelianis) 1813. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. umbell, prodr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1813, p. \[2\]-42, *1 pl*. (uncol. copp. "Sprengel"). *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, KNAW, M, MO, NY, PH, USDA; IDC 5166. – Issued in Neue Schr. naturf. Ges. Halle 2(1): 3-42. 1813; copies with pagination \[3\]-42, lack the journal t.p. \[2\]. *Other Sprengel publications on Umbelliferae*: - (1) *In Umbellijerarum genera quaedam animadversiones*, Comm. Soc. R. Sci. Gott. rec. 2: 1-8, *1 pl*. 1813. - (2) *Umbellijerarum genera quaedam melius definita*, Mag. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin 6: 255-261. 1814. - (3) *Genera nonnulla plantarum ex Umbellatarum ordine*, Verh. bot. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem 7: 121-132, *pl*. 5. 1814. – 29 genera. - (4) *In Umbelliferas nonnullas animadversiones*, Mem. Soc. natural. Moscou 5: 3-13. 1817. - (5) *Species Umbelliferarum minus cognitae illustratae*, Halle 1818, see below. - (6) *Symbolae criticae ad synonymiam Umbellijerarum*, Denkschr. k. bayr. bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 75-103. 1815, 2: 49-54. 1818. - (7) *Umbelliferae, in* Roemer et Schuhes, Syst. veg. 6: 315-628. Aug-Dec 1820. – Sprengel refers to this contribution in a letter to A.P. de Candolle of 15 Mai 1820 as his "Synopsis Umbelliferarum" which will be sent as soon as it is ready. ##### n.12.686. Plantarum minus cognitarum pugillus **Title** *Plantarum minus cognitarum pugillus* primus \[secundus\]... Halae \[Halle\] (apud C.A. Kümmelium) 1813-1815, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. min. cogn. pug.* **Notes** *1*: 1813, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-66, \[67-70 index\]. *2*: 1815, p. \[i-xi\], \[1\]-96. *Copies*: B-S, BM, G, HH, M, NY, USDA; IDC 701. – "Die zahlreichen Sprengeischen Namen sind heutzutage fast alle Synonyme" (G. Kraus 1894, 2: 47). ##### n.12.687. Genera nonnulla plantarum ex Umbellatarum ordine **Title** *Genera nonnulla plantarum ex Umbellatarum ordine*, illustrata et revisa;... \[Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem 1814\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1814, *in* Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem 7(1): \[121\]-132, *pl*. 5. 1814. Tear-sheet *copy*: MO. ##### n.12.688. Prolusione hac de frumenlorum, maxime secales, antiquitatibus **Title** Curtius Sprengel,... *Prolusione hac de frumenlorum, maxime secales, antiquitatibus* disputationem publicam filii Gulielmi Sprengel,... eiusque promotionem d. xx. April. \[1816\], a hora ix. inde, in auditorio maiori habendam indicit. Halae \[Halle\] (formis Friderici Grunerti filii) \[1816\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Prolus. frument. antiq.* **Notes** *Authorship*: Wilhelm Sprengel (1792-1828) defended this dissertation; the text was by K. Sprengel. *Publ*.: 20 Apr 1816, p. \[i\], \[1\]-8. *Copies*: MO, NY, WU. *Later ed*. in J. Rosenbaum, ed., C. Sprengelii... *Opuscula academica* 42-46. 1844 (2 parts only). ##### n.12.689. Geschichte der Botanik **Title** Kurt Sprengel's *Geschichte der Botanik*. Neu bearbeitet. In zwey Theilen... Altenburg und Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1817-1818, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gesch. Bot.* **Notes** *1*: 1817, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-424, *pl. 1-8* (col. copp. W. Sprengel). *2*: 1818, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-396; the Geneva copy contains the originals as well as the cancels for p. 275/276, 277-278, 299-300, 323-324, plus a "Nachricht" of 1 p. from the publisher. *Copies*: B, BR, G, H-UB, HH, M, MICH, MO, NY, U-UB. *French transl*.: 1832, 2 vols. *Histoire de botanique* depuis son origine jusqu'au 19me siècle, traduit de l'Allemand sur la seconde édition par A.J.L. Jourdan. Paris. *Ref*.: Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorzeit 362. 1864. - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 135-136. 1875. ##### n.12.690. Species Umbelliferarum minus cognitae **Title** *Species Umbelliferarum minus cognitae*, illustratae a C. Sprengel... Halae \[Halle\] (in Officina Rengeriana) 1818. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. Umbell.* **Notes** *Publ*.: spring 1818 ("printemps passée", fide C. Sprengel in letter to A.P. de Candolle 17 Dec 1818; rev. Isis 1818(2): 1545-1547. Nov 1818), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-154, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. copp. C.W. Herschel). *Copies*: B-S, G, H-UB, M, MO, NY, PH, Teyler, U, US, USDA, WU; IDC 7138. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 3(2): 495-503. 28 Aug 1820 (rev.). ##### n.12.691. Jahrbücher der Gewächskunde **Title** *Jahrbücher der Gewächskunde*. Herausgegeben von K. Sprengel, A.H. Schrader und H.F. Link. Erster Band. Berlin und Leipzig (in G.C. Nauck's Buchhandlung) \[1818-\] 1820. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Jahrb. Gewächsk.* **Notes** *Co-editors*: Adolph Heinrich \[usually: Heinrich Adolph\] Schrader (1767-1836), \[Johann\] Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767-1851). *Publ*.: one volume only, published in three Hefte. *Copies*: B-S, G, NY, PH, Teyler; IDC 1013. *1*: 1818 (p. iv: 30 Mar 1818), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-191, *pl. 1.* *2*: 1819, p. \[1\]-197, \[198, err.; 199-200, cont.\], *pl. 1.* *3*: 1820, p. \[i\*, iii\*-viii\*, preface material volume\], \[1\]-184, *1 pl*. ##### n.12.692. Movi proventus hortorum academicorum halensis et berolinensis **Title** *Movi proventus hortorum academicorum halensis et berolinensis*. Centuria specierum minus cognitarum, quae vel per annum 1818 in horto halensi et berolinensi floruerunt, vel siccae missae fuerunt... Halae \[Halle\] (impensis Gebaueri et filii) \[1818\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Novi provent.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1818 (fide letter K. Sprengel to A.P. de Candolle 17 Dec 1818; Kraus also dates this 1818, PR 1819), p. \[1\]-48. *Copies*: G, USDA; IDC 7301. – RS p. 143. ##### n.12.693. Narcissorum conspectus **Title** *Narcissorum conspectus*, auctore C. Sprengel. s.l. 1820. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Narciss. consp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820, p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: G. – Preprinted from K. Sprengel Neue Entd. 2: 1-32. 1821. ##### n.12.694. Grundzüge der wissenschaftlichen Pflanzenkunde **Title** A.P. de Candolle's und K. Sprengel's *Grundzüge der wissenschaftlichen Pflanzenkunde*. Zu Vorlesungen... Leipzig (bey Carl Cnobloch) 1820. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grundz. wiss. Pflanzenk.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820 (Flora 7 Oct 1820), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-"116" \[611\], \[612, colo.\], *pl. 1-8* (uncol. copp. W. Sprengel). *Copies*: B, G, NY, U. – A Sprengel version and translation of A.P. de Candolle, *Théorie élém. bot.* 1813; see pur entry TL-2/992 for de Candolle's reaction to this publication: "... un livre vraiment absurde". *English translation*: 1821, *Elements of the philosophy of plants*: containing the principles of scientific botany; nomenclature, theory of classification, phytography; anatomy, chemistry, physiology, geography, and diseases of plants: with a history of the science, and practical illustrations..." Edinburgh (printed for William Blackwood and T. Cadell, Strand, London) 1821. Oct., p. \[i\]-xxxiii, \[xxxiv, err.\], \[1\]-486, *pl. 1-8* (uncol. W.H. Lizars). *Copies*: G, HH, MICH, NY, PH, U (Inst. Gesch. Natuurw.); see also sub TL-2/992. *Facsimile ed. Engl. transl.*: 1978, New York (Arno Press), ISBN 0-405-10719-6. *Note*: See G. Kraus (2: 45. 1894) for a note on A.P. de Candolle's reaction to this one-sided initiative by Sprengel. A review of the English translation will be found in Monthly Review ser. 2. 96(2): 180-195. Oct. 1821. ##### n.12.695. Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde **Title** *Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde*, Leipzig (bey Friedrich Fleischer) 1820-1822, 3 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Neue Entd.* **Notes** *1*: Jan-Mai 1820 (Beck Mai-Jun 1820; SY p. 65), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-452, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. copp. W. Sprengel). *2*: Jan 1821 (noted by Flora 14 Jan 1821, Flora 4 Jan-Jun 1821), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-363, \[364, colo.\], *pl. 1-3* (id.). *3*: 1822, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-409, \[410, colo.\]. *Copies*: B, B-S, BR, G, H, HH, MICH, MO, NY, Teyler, U, US; IDC 5751. ##### n.12.696. Wikströmia **Title** *Wikströmia*, novum plantae genus;... \[K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1821\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: post Mai 1821, p. \[1-2\], *1 pl. Copies*: M, Peterson. – Reprinted and to be cited from K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 42: 167-168, *pl. 3.* 1821. ##### n.12.697. Description de deux genres nouveaux **Title** *Description de deux genres nouveaux*; par le professeur Curt. Sprengel, de Halle. \[Bull. Soc. philom. Paris 1823\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1823 (journal issue for Apr 1823), p. \[1\]-2, *2 pl. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. philom. Paris 1823: 54-55, *2 pl*. Apr 1823. – *Reichenbachia* and *Delilia*. ##### n.12.698. Sysiema vegetabilium **Title** Caroli Linnaei,... *Sysiema vegetabilium*. Editio decima sexta curante Curtio Sprengel,... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae) \[1824-\] 1825-1828. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. veg.* **Notes** *1*: late 1824 (t.p. 1825; Flora 7 Mai 1825 critical review 18(1): 269-271; rev. Beck 28 Feb 1825), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-992. *2*: Jan-Mai 1825 (GGA 2 Jun 1825), p. \[i\], \[1\]-939, \[940, colo.\]. *3*: Jan-Mar 1826 (Flora rev. 14 Nov 1826; Linnaea rev. Apr 1826), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-936. *4*(*1*): shortly before 7 Jan 1827 (t.p. 1827; Flora rev. 7 Jan 1827), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-592. *4*(*2*): Jan-Jun 1827 (Linnaea Aug-Oct 1827; rev. Beck Jul 1827), p. \[i\], \[1\]-410. – "Curae posteriores". Heinrich Schott (1794-1865) contributed *Fasciculus plantarum brasiliensium* on p. 403-410. *5* (*index*): 7 Jul 1828 (Linnaea Oct 1828; rev. Beck Jul-Aug 1828; A. Sprengel sent a copy to A.P. de Candolle on 21 Jul 1828, out 2 weeks earlier), p. \[i\], \[1\]-749, \[750, err.\]. – "Volumen v. sistens indicem generum, specierum et synonymorum, auctore Antonio Sprengel" (1803-1851). *Tentamen supplementi* Sep 1828, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-35. Author: Anton Sprengel, q.v. Also published as "Habilitationsschrift". *Copies*: B, BR, FAS, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, U, US(2), USDA; IDC 459/2. – SO 616; MD 225-227 (further inf. dates; analytical collation). *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 8(1): 269-271. 1825, 8(2): 641-674. 1825, 12: 702-704. 1829. - Stafleu, F.A., The great Prodromus 11. 1966. ##### n.12.699. Genera plantarum **Title** Caroli Linnaei,... *Genera plantarum*. Editio nona, curante Curtio Sprengel,... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (sumtibus Dieterichianis) 1830-1831, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. pl.* **Notes** *1*: Sep 1830 (Linnean Soc. rd 9 Nov 1830; Bull. Férussac Nov 1830; publ. Sep 1830 fide Int.-Bl. Jena. Allg. Lit. Zeit. 27: 439. 1830), p. \[i\], \[1\]-462. *2*: Jan-Mai 1831 (Linnean Soc. rd 12 Jul 1831; Bull. Férussac Jun 1831), p. \[i\]-iv, 463-870. *Copies*: B, G, HH, MO, U, US, USDA; IDC 229. – SO 327. For Linnaeus, Gen. pl. see TL-2/4714. ##### n.12.700. Flora halensis **Title** Curtii Sprengel *Flora halensis*. Editio secunda aucta et emendata... Halae \[Halle\] (sumtibus Kümmelii) 1832. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. hal.* **Notes** *1* (sectio i. phanerogamica): 3 Jun 1832 (Flora Jul-Aug 1832: ready by 3 Jun 1832; Pharm. Centralbl. 8 Sep 1832), p. \[i-iv, \[1\]-433, \[434, colo.\]. *2* (sectio ii. cryptogamica): Aug-Sep 1832, p. \[i-ii\], \[435\]-763. *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, Y, U, US, USDA. – The general t.p. is sometimes bound as \[ii\], facing the t.p. of sect. 1 \[iii\]. Two issues: on "Schreibpapier" and on "Schweizerpapier". – For first edition see above *Fl. hal. tent. nov.* 1806. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 16(1), Lit. 3: 35-48. 1833 (rev.). - Garcke, C.A.F., Fl. Halle 1: xi, xiii. 1848. ##### n.12.701. Opuscula academica **Title** Curtii Sprengelii... *Opuscula academica* collegit, edidit, vitamque auctoris breviter enarravit Julius Rosenbaum,... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (in taberna Gebaueriana) Viennae \[Wien\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Opusc. acad.* **Notes** *Editor*: Julius Rosenbaum. *Publ*.: 20-23 Mar 1844 (Hinrichs), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-155, \[156\]. *Copies*: NSUB, U-UB. – Contains an important biographical sketch of Sprengel by Julius Rosenbaum on p. vii-xii, a bibliography on p. xii-xviii, commentaries on the opuscula and reprints of 25 mainly medical papers.