> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 899](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33334038) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12887-1) LSID 12887-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78564) QID Q78564 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sternberg, Kaspar \[Caspar\] Maria (Graf) von (1761-1838), Bohemian botanist; studied theology privately and in Rome; Theologus absolutus 1782; prebendary, from 1788 canon at the court of the prince-bishop of Regensburg and, from 1791, also canon at the court at Freising 1791-1810; from 1810 head of the family estate at Radnice devoting himself to management, botany and to the promotion of the natural sciences in Bohemia; co-founder of the Bohemian Natural Museum, president of the museum 1822-1838; outstanding palaeobotanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Sternb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sternb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PR|PR]] (all botanical, geological and palaeobotanical collections); other material at [[Collection K|K]] (Saxifraga). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(2): 436, 651, 6(1): 303, 12(2): 244; Andrews p. 84 (ed. 1), 335 (ed. 2); Backer p. 550; Barnhart 3: 326 (b. 6 Jan 1761, d. 20 Dec 1838); Biol.-Dokum. 17: 8953-8954; BM 5: 2017; Bossert p. 382; CSP 5: 824-826, 6: 758, 8: 1013; DSB 13: 43-44; DTS 1: 290-291; Frank 3 (Anh.): 100; Futak-Domin p. 564-565, 693; GF p. 77; GR p. 460; Hegi 2: 319, 4(2): 1050; Herder p. 479 \[index\]; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 2): 100, (ed. 3): 126, (ed. 6): 364, 2: (files); Jackson p. 13, 143, 176; Kanitz p. 117; Klástersý p. 182-183 (further biogr. refs.); Lasègue p. 333; Maiwald p. 85-89, 283 \[index\]; Moebius p. 128, 376, 379; MW p. 472; NI 1896-1897; PH 567; Plesch p. 417; PR 1218, 5993, 8951-8959, 9026, 9632, ed. 1: 1359, 7702, 9911-9920, 9979; Quenstedt p. 414; Rehder 1: 78, 325, 376, 433, 5: 824; RS p. 143; Saccardo 1: 158, 2: 104; SBC p. 132; SO add. 821a; Sotheby 722; TL-1/1171, 1269-1270; TL-2/191, 826, 8293; WU 38: 252-266; Zander ed. 10, p. 721, ed. 11, p. 822-823. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.W., The fossil hunters 14, 72-75. 1980. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 5: 360. 1847 (herb., 7000 plants, made by Sternberg's gardener, Franz, for sale); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 178: 200-201. 1950; Flora 2(1): 121. 1819 (mss. submitted), 6(2): 573. 1823 (trip to Poland, Moravia, Silesia to study fossil wood), 7(2): 574. 1824 (trip through N. Germany), 8(1): 210. 1825 (first description of Polytrichum commune ca. 1416), 8(2): 573-574. 1825 (trip to Austria and Italy), 16(1): 14. 1833 (decoration), 22(1): I. 1839 (obit. not.); Preslia 50(3): 198. 1978 (biogr. sketch); Portr.-Gall. Aerzte Naturf. *pl. 9*. 1839 (portr.); Proc. Geol. Soc. London 3: 72-74. 1842 (obit.). - Barthel, M., Gleditschia 9: 45-55. 1981 (on type locality Manebach). - Bresinsky, A., U.R., Schr.R. Univ. Regensburg 4: 107-109, 126. 1981. - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souv. 375, 453. 1862. Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 35, 114-115. 1974. - Hoppe, D.H., Bot. Taschenb. 1811: 179-213 (corr. with Sternberg). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 174, 355-356, 365. 1864. - Kettner, R., Ocherki Ist. Geol. Znanii 10: 3-45. 1962 (hist. sci. Czechia; rôle Sternberg). - Klásterský, I., Cas. národn. Musea 113: 34-39. 1939; Definy ved a techniky 4(1): 201-205. 1968 (on S. and his original concept of the Bohemian National Museum); Folia geobot. phytotax. 4(3): 313-318. 1969 (on Sternberg's *Rosa affinis* and *Rosa gentilis*). - Kneidl, P. et al., eds., Cas. narodn. Muzea 1827-1957, rejstrík 300. 1963 (index to papers and notes in journal). - Koggerath, J., Ausflug nach Böhmen, Bonn 1837, p. 191-194. - Kühnel, J., Thad. Haenke 72, 75, 76, 159, 255. 1960. - Lowden, R.L., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 702. 1985. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 237, 240, 297, fig. 121. 1972. - Maiwald, V., Jahresber. Gymn. Braunau 1902: 154-158. - Martius, C.F.P. von, Akad. Denkred. 83-94. 1866 (also in Augsb. Allg. Zeit. 1839, 7 Jan, Beil. 7). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 98-99. 1906. - Müllerot, M., Hoppea 34: 353-354. 1976 (list publ. at REG), 39: 49. 1980. - Neilreich, A., Verh. zool. bot. Ver. Wien 5: 66. 1855. - Palacky, F., Abh. k. böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5. 2 (Gesch. v): 20-54. 1843 (on Kaspar and Franz Sternberg); see also rev. by G.P., Bot. Zeit. 2: 744-746. 1844); Leben des Grafen Kaspar Sternberg von ihm selbst beschrieben... Prag 1868, viii, 242 p., frontisp., portr.). - Pongratz, L., Acta Albertina ratisbonensia 25: 71-74. 1963 (on Sternberg's activities while in Regensburg). - Prantl, F., Čas. narodn. Mus., přír., Praha 130: 2-6. 1961 (n.v., on S. and the National Museum). - Sauer, A., Graf Kaspar Sternberg und sein Einfluss auf das geistige Leben in Böhmen, *in* Bericht Ges. Förd. deut. Wiss.... Böhmen, Festsitzung 4 Mar 1901, p. 11-38. Mai 1901; Ausgewählte Werke vom Grafen Kaspar v. Sternberg, 1, Briefwechsel zwischen J.W. v. Goethe und S., 1820-1832, Prag 1902. - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. 95-96, 588-589, 618 \[index\]. 1940 (bibl. treatment of several major publ. associated with Goethe); Chamisso als Naturforscher nos. 176, 177, 199, 172. 1942. - Schneebeli-Graf, R., Adelbert von Chamisso 307. 1983. - Schönach, H., Lit. Fl. Tirol 44 \[index\]. 1882. - Schwarzbach, M., Auf den Spuren unserer Naturforscher 87. 1981. - Schwippel, K., Gaea 27: 426. 1891. - Sternberg, K.M. von, Bot. Zeit. Regensburg 21: 321-328. 1805 (botany in Praha).Walter, J.H.F., Trans. Norfolk Norwich Natural. Soc. 9(5): 662-663. 1914 (relation with J.E. Smith). - Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 5: 401, 404. 1885. - Weitenweber, W.R., Lotos 2: 187-191. 1852 (biogr.). - Whewell, W., Proc. Geol. Soc. London 3(61): 72-74. 1839 (obit.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 186. 1903. - Závorka, Čas. nár. Mus., Praha, add. prír. 113: 1-22. 1939. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 183, 365, 780. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeont. 368, 445. 1901. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to J. Sturm, *Deutschl. Fl*. Abt. 1, Heft 33 (1812; Saxifraga), Heft 35: (1813, Saxifraga), Heft 40: (1817; 1 fl. plant), Heft 41: (1821, 1 fl. pl.). - (2) *Asclepiadeae*, recensitae a Roberto Brown. Ex idiomate anglico transtulit... \[C.B. Presi\]. Edidit Casparus Comes Sternberg, Praha 1819, see TL-2/826. #### Handwriting Hoppea 34(2): 419. 1976 (no. 10). #### Eponymy *Sternbergia* Waldstein et Kitaibel (1804); *Sternbergia* Artis (1825). ### Publications ##### n.13.017. Botanische Wanderung in den Böhmer-Wald **Title** *Botanische Wanderung in den Böhmer-Wald*, mit beigefügten Tabellen von Caspar Graf von Sternberg,... Nürnberg (in der Monath- und Kusslerschen Buchhandlung) 1806. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Wand. Böhm*.-*Wald*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, p. \[1\]-14, 4 charts. *Copies*: B-S, BR, M. ##### n.13.018. Reise durch Tyrol **Title** *Reise durch Tyrol* in die Oesterreichischen Provinzen Italiens im Frühjahr 1804. Vom Caspar Grafen von Sternberg,... Regensburg (Gedruckt bei Heinrich Friedrich August Augustin) 1806. Fol. min. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Tyrol*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, frontisp., p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-166, \[167, err.\], *3 pl*. (copp. J.A. Manz). *Copy*: G. ##### n.13.019. Reise in die Rhetischen Alpen **Title** *Reise in die Rhetischen Alpen* vorzüglich in botanischer Hinsicht im Sommer 1804 von Caspar Graf von Sternberg,... Eine Beilage zum botanischen Taschenbuche. Nürnberg (in der Monath- und Kusslerschen Buchhandlung) Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Rhet. Alp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, p. \[1\]-64. *Copies*: B-S, G(2), M, NY, USDA. ##### n.13.020. Revisio Saxifragarum **Title** *Revisio Saxifragarum* iconibus illustrata. Auctore Casparo Comite de Sternberg, ... Ratisbonae \[Regensburg\] (typis Henrici Friderici Augusti Augustin) 1810. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Revis. Saxifrag.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jul 1810 (Acad. Paris rd 13 Aug 1810, by Hoffmannsegg 6 Nov 1810), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv-xvi\], \[1\]-60, \[61-62, index\], *pl. 1a, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4-8, 9a, 9b, 10, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12-23* (31 copp., 1-18 partly coll., by M. Gleich, Fr. Guimpel, Laferrerie, J.A. Manz). *Suppl*. \[*1*\]: Jul-Aug 1822 (Acad. Paris rd 16 Jun 1823; Flora 14 Sep 1822), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-16, *pl. 1-10* (id. J. Sturm, F.X. Fieber). – "... Supplementum... Decas i. Ratisbonae 1822. Typis Viduae Christ. E. Brenck". Fol. *Suppl. 2*: 1831 (p. vi: 2 Apr 1831; Regensburg rd by 14 Mar 1832), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-104, *pl. 11-26* (id. J. Sturm). – "... Supplementum secundum... Pragae in commissis apud J.G. Calve,... 1831". Fol. *Copies*: B-S, G, M, MO, NY, U, USDA; IDC 1095. *Ref*.: Fuchs, H.P., Taxon 11: 129, 132. 1962. - Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 99, 100. 1942. ##### n.13.021. Abhandlung über die Pflanzenkunde in Böhmen **Title** *Abhandlung über die Pflanzenkunde in Böhmen* von Hrn. Grafen Kaspar Sternberg. Prag (gedruckt bei Gottlieb Haase,...) 1817-1818. 2 Abth. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Abh. Pflanzenk. Böhmen*. **Notes** *Issue 1*: 1817-1818. *Copy*: NY. *1*: 1817, p. \[1\]-168. *2*: 1818 (Flora rd 3 Sep 1818), p. \[1\]-128, \[i\]-xlvi \[indexes\], \[xlvii-xlviii, err.\]. *Issue 2*: 1818. *Copy*: B-S. *1*: 1818, p. \[1\]-168. – "*Abhandlung... Böhmen*... In zwey Abtheilungen. Erste Abtheilung. Historisch-chronologische Entwickelung der Fortschritte der Pflanzenkunde in Böhmen. Aus den Abhandlungen der k. böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften \[vol. 6\] besonders abgedruckt. Prag 1818. In Commision bei J.G. Calve". *2*: 1818, p. \[1\]-128, \[i\]-xlvi, \[1, err.\]. – "Zweyte Abtheilung. Kritische Beurtheilung der in Böhmen erschienenen Werke, die von Pflanzen handeln. Aus den Abhandlungen..." Prag 1818. In Commission bei J.G. Calve". – Rev. Flora 30 Oct 1818. *Ref*.: Hornschuch, C.F., Flora 8(1): 210. 1825 (first mention of a bryophyte \[*Polytrichum commune*\] stated by Sternberg to be found in the Herbarius of Christianus von Prachatitz at Prague, ca. 1416\]. ##### n.13.022. Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen Darstellung der Flora der Vorwelt **Title** *Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen Darstellung der Flora der Vorwelt*... Regensburg (gedruckt bei Christoph Ernst Brenck's Wittwe \[imprint Heft 1-4; for imprints of subsequent parts see below\], \[1820-\] 1825-1838. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Vers. Fl. Vorwelt*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Hefte plus "Tentamen", in 2 vols. *Copies*: BR, NY, Teyler, U, US; IDC 5010. *Preface material vol*. \[*1*\]: 1825, frontisp. and p. i-ii. *Heft 1*: 31 Dec 1820 (conventional date established in International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Art. 13.1(i). – Schlotheim's Petrefactenkunde 1820 is regarded as published before that date; actual date of publ. Jun 1820), p. \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-13* (artists see NI 1897). The first page \[1\] is a t.p. for Heft 1: "*Versuch*..." Leipzig und Prag (in Commission im Deutschen Museum. In Leipzig bei Fr. Fleischer) 1820. *Heft 2*: Jan-Aug 1821 (cover p. 4 so dated; Flora rev. 7 Jun 1822), p. \[1\]-33, *pl. 14-26.* – Imprint, on p. 4 of cover, as on t.p., p. \[1\] of Heft 1. *Heft 3*: Jan-Mai 1823 (cover p. 4 so dated; Flora 14 Jul 1823), p. \[1\]-39, \[40\], *pl. 27-39.* Imprint on p. I of cover Regensburg (... Ernst Brenck's Wittwe), on p. 4 of cover as on cover of Heft 1. *Heft 4*: 1825 (? Sep; date on p. 4 of cover; Tentamen p. iv: 27 Apr 1825; Flora Dec 1825), p. \[1\]-48, *pl. 40-59, A-E.* – Imprints as in Heft 2. *Tentamen florae primordialis praemonenda*: 1825 (1826 date on t.p. in NY copy; the Tentamen is bound with the fourth Heft (1825); the review in Flora, Dec 1825, mentions the Tentamen as having been issued with Heft 4), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xlii, \[xliii-1, indexes\]. – Leipzig und Prag (in Kommission im Deutschen Museum. In Leipzig bei Fr. Fleischer) 1826. *Title-page vol*. \[*2*\]: 1838, p. \[i\], Prag (Druck und Papier von Gottlieb Haase Söhne) 1838. *Heft 5-6*: 1833 (at session Bot. Ges. Regensb. 16 Oct 1833), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-79, \[80\], *pl. 1-26.* – Cover: Prag (gedruckt bei Johann Spurny). *Heft 7-8*: 1 Sep-7 Oct 1838 (Flora 7 Jan 1839; Hinrichs 7-13 Oct 1838), p. \[81\]-220, *pl*. *27*(*A*)-*68*(*A-B*). – Cover: Prag (Druck und Papier von Gottlieb Haase Söhne) 1838. Most genera on p. 108-207 are attributed to K.B. Presi. *Skizzen zur vergleichenden Phytotomie* vor- und jetztweltlicher Pflanzen-Stämme, von A.C.I. Corda,... s.d. \[1838\], p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-lxxxi \[as "lxxi"\], published Sep-Oct 1838, together with Heft 7-8. *French ed*.: 1820-1826. 4 cahiers. Came out somewhat later than the German original. The first cahier, though dated 1820, must even so be considered as having been published after the German original, notwithstanding the circumstance that the latter has the conventional date 31 Dec 1820. – Translation by François Gabriel de Bray (1765-1832). *Copies*: BR, MO, NY, PH. *General t.p.*: 1826, p. \[i\], *Essai d'un exposé géognostico-botanique de la flore du monde primitif* ... par le comte Gaspard Sternberg,... traduit de l'Allemand par le comte de Bray,... Ratisbonae \[Regensburg\] (imprimé chez la veuve de Christophe Ernest Brenck) 1826. *Cahier 1*: 1820 (to be considered as published after 31 Dec 1820), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-26, *pl. 1-13.* – has a t.p. of its own. Leipsic et Prague (au Musée germanique...) 1820. *Cahier 2*: 1822, p. \[i\], \[1\]-37, *pl. 14-26.* *Cahier 3*: 1824, p. \[i\], \[1\]-44, \[45. err.\] *pl. 27-39.* *Cahier 4*: 1826, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xli, \[Tentamen\], \[1\]-53, \[54, err.\], *pl. 40-59, A-E.* *Correction sheet German edition*: the Teyler copy has a loose one page sheet "Berichtigung" stating that the text for plates 5-8 does not agee with the plates themselves. The text given for *pl*. 5 refers *to pl. 6* (with changes), idem *6* for *7*; the text for *plate 7* refers to *pl. 8, the text given for pl. 8 refers to pl. 5* (with changes). This sheet was issued with Flora 17(1), 1834. The text of the French edition refers to the correct plates. *Notes in Flora* on the publication of the *Vers. Fl. Vorwelt*: 3(1): 369. 28 Jun 1820 (first Heft published; this is now irrelevant because of the conventional date assigned by ICBN), 5(1): 321-329. 7 Jun 1822 (review Heft 2), 6(1): 48. 1823 (the fossils described in the Flora are in the Bohemian National Museum, Praha), Flora 8(2), Beil. 3: 33-34. Ante 14 Dec 1825 (rev. Heft 4, includes Tentamen, index iconum, and general t.p. for Heft 1-4); 10(1): 321-335. 7 Jun 1827 and 337-346. 14 Jun 1827 (rev.), 10(2): 671. 14 Nov 1827 (Essai rd by REG Oct-Nov. 1827), 16(2): 670-671. 14 Nov 1833 (rev. Heft 5-6), 22(1): 16. 7 Jan 1839 (Heft 7-8 publ.), 23(1): 94. 14 Feb 1840 (Heft 7-8 rd.). *Analytical description*: G. Schmid, Goethe u.d. Naturw. 1900, nos. 407-408. ##### n.13.023. Catalogus plantarum **Title** *Catalogus plantarum* ad septem varias editiones *commentariorum Mathioli* in Dioscoridem. Ad. Linnaeani systematis regulas elaboravit Comes Caspar ab Sternberg. Pragae (sumtibus F. Tempsky...) 1821. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Comm. Mathiol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1821 (Flora 7 Sep 1821), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-30, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: G, NY, PH; IDC 443. ##### n.13.024. Bruchstücke aus dem Tagebuch einer naturhistorischen Reise **Title** *Bruchstücke aus dem Tagebuch einer naturhistorischen Reise* von Prag nach Istrien... Regensburg (gedruckt bei Christoph Ernst Brenck's Wittwe) 1826. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bruckst. Tageb. Reise*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Mai 1826 (as Beil. Flora; Flora 7 Mar 1826: will appear as Beilage), p. \[i\], \[1\]-92, \[93-94\]. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from Flora 9(1), Beil. 1: 1-96. 1826. ##### n.13.025. Anthericum comosum **Title** *Anthericum comosum*. Eine neue Pflanzen-Species aufgestellt von Grafen Kaspar Sternberg s.l.n.d. \[Prag (J.G. Calve'schen Buchhandlung) 1828\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1828, p. \[1-4\], *1 pl*. (col. lith.). *Copies*: G, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Monatschr.-Ges. vaterl. Mus. Böhmen 2: 336-339. *1 pl*. 1828. *Abbreviated version*: Flora 11(2): 609-610. 21 Oct 1828. *Ref*.: Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. 95-96. 1940 (nos. 409-411). ##### n.13.026. Ueber einige Eigenthümlichkeiten der böhmischen Flora **Title** *Ueber einige Eigenthümlichkeiten der böhmischen Flora* und die klimatische Verbreitung der Pflanzen der Vorwelt und Jetztwelt... Zweite Ausgabe... Regensburg (Zum Drucke befördert von der königl. bayer. botan. Gesellschaft zu Regensburg) 1829. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Eigenthümlichk. böhm. Fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1829, p. \[i-ii\], 1-25. *Copies*: B-S, M. – The "Zweite Ausgabe" refers to the original publication of this text in Abh. k.-böhm. Ges. Wiss. Neue Folge 1: 2-20. 1827.