MANUSCRIT. - Album of mycology. 84 plates of mushrooms in go - Lot 586

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MANUSCRIT. - Album of mycology. 84 plates of mushrooms in go - Lot 586
MANUSCRIT. - Album of mycology. 84 plates of mushrooms in gouache. Rennes, Beaumont, 1831-1852]. Small folio, 19 quires in sheets, modern protective box. Unique set of 84 plates of mycological drawings and sketches in pen and gouache, of various sizes, arranged in 18 folders, entitled: Pezize (8 pl.), Pratella (10 pl.), Russula (2 pl.), Central pedicle boletus (10 pl.), Int. or eccentric pedicle boletus (6 pl.), Geastre (2 pl.), Amanita (5 pl.), Lepiota (3 pl.), Pleuropus (1 pl.), Rotula (3 pl.), Coprinus (1 pl.), Hydne (2 pl.), Morille (2 pl.), Lycosperdon (3 pl.), Omphalia (3 pl.), Lactarius (2 pl.), Mycena (1 pl.), Agarics (9 pl.); an additional folder titled "Mushrooms" contains 4 plates of line drawings and 1 watercolor. Most of them contain several subjects, sometimes of small size but all drawn with a very high quality. One of them, laminated, is marked as "painted by Rossi". Most often, each variety of mushroom includes the name in French or Latin, the place and date of picking, sometimes with more general remarks on the evolution of the texture or color of the species, its tastes or its culinary virtues. Some stains and foxing.
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