BARLA (Jean-Baptiste). Mushrooms of the province of Nice and - Lot 547

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BARLA (Jean-Baptiste). Mushrooms of the province of Nice and - Lot 547
BARLA (Jean-Baptiste). Mushrooms of the province of Nice and mainly the edible, suspect and poisonous species. Nice, Imprimerie Canis frères, 1859. In-4 oblong, half brown basane, smooth spine decorated with golden nets (Binding of the time). lv and 138 pp. with 48 plates. First edition, illustrated with 48 plates, lithographed from the author's drawings by V. Fossat, colored and gummed. They represent the species described in their natural size, in their various states of development, and under their different aspects; the Latin names are followed by the names given in Nice, France, England, Germany and Italy. Barla (1817-1896) also studied the orchids of southern France. In 1896, he bequeathed to the city of Nice his buildings, his library and his collections on fish, flowering plants and mushrooms of Nice, as well as the collection of the scholar Verany: the whole constitutes the fund of the Museum of Natural History of Nice. Autograph letter signed by the author "to Mr. Cusin general director of practical horticulture". A few freckles, crumpled leaves. Rubbing. Mykolibri, 59.
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