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GREVILLE, Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, 1823-1828 6 vols
GREVILLE, Robert K.
Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi.
Edinburgh, Maclachlan & Stewart, 1823-1828.
Six volumes 8vo (243x150 mm), Set complete with 360 color plates with explanation text. A complete copy with the often missing half title of vols. 5, 6 (Stafleu). binding : Contemporary half chagreen, gilt spines in six compartments. Some foxing. Lower cor of vol.6 rubbed.
First edition illustrated with 360 plates engraved and finely colored by hand according to the author's drawings.
Each plate is accompanied by a descriptive text.
Each volume has its own title page and an index, the general index is at the end of volume VI.
Robert Kaye Greville (1794 –1866) was a British mycologist, phycologist and botanist. As accomplished artist, he shows his talents as an illustrator here with these hundreds of mushroom plates.
references: Nissen BBI [757] , Stafleu [I, 2160 :"Half-titles sometimes missing from vols. 5, 6."].
provenance: Bookplate E.W. Mason.
Price : 2750 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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