ROQUES (Joseph). Histoire des Champignons comestibles et vén - Lot 130

ROQUES (Joseph). Histoire des Champignons comestibles et vénéneux. Ornée de figures coloriées représentant les principales espèces dans leurs dimensions naturelles P., Hocquart, 1832. In-4 (302 x 227 mm), iii-1-192 pp. in cherry calf, spine decorated throughout, boards with gold thread, fleurons and wide cold decoration, inner dent, tr. j. (Dubois, bookbinder-gilder). ORIGINAL EDITION of this important treatise on mycology, useful to mushroom enthusiasts, physicians, naturalists, rural landowners, town and country mayors, etc., as stated in its subtitle, in which their distinctive characteristics, dietary and economic properties, harmful effects and means of protection or remedy are described. A very fine and rare work, containing 24 engraved plates, printed in color and watercolored with a brush, drawn by Bordes and Hocquart. (Rouss.) VERY FINE AND FRESH ROMANTIC BINDING. Nissen BBI, 1672; Stafleu & Cowan 9498.