Lot 244
[FUNGUS]. BADHAM, Charles David. A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England. L, 1863. Second edition. [With:] COOKE, Mordecai Cubitt. Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould… Microscopic Fungi. L, 1878. Fourth Edition.
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[FUNGUS]. BADHAM, Charles David (1805-1857). A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England. Frederick Currey, editor. London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863.
8vo (260 x 136 mm). 12 colored plates. (Some spotting and light toning.) Original black leather gilt (slight wear to extremities). Provenance: Joseph Blandell (bookplate). Second edition.
[With:] COOKE, Mordecai Cubitt. Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould. An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi. J.E. SOWERBY, illustrator. London: Hardwicke and Bogue, 1878. 8vo (170 x 115 mm). 16 colored plates. (Some light spotting and staining.) Original brown cloth, stamped in gold and black (slight wear to extremities, hinges tender). Provenance: Alex Agassiz (bookplate); Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College (bookplate). Fourth Edition.
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