MANUSCRIT. - HARNEPON (Édouard). Guide for the amateur of ed - Lot 587

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MANUSCRIT. - HARNEPON (Édouard). Guide for the amateur of ed - Lot 587
MANUSCRIT. - HARNEPON (Édouard). Guide for the amateur of edible mushrooms. [XIXth century]. In-8, brown half-maroquin with corners (Binding of the period). Title, (1) blank f., (1) table f., (1) blank f., 77 handwritten ff., 23 blank ff., 12 watercolor plates, (16) blank ff., (1) table f.. Addressing the reader in epistolary form, the author first deals with mushrooms under various aspects (history of mycology, hygiene and health considerations, mycogastronomy...) and then gives the description of several species among 8 varieties of mushrooms (morels, hydnes, chanterelles, boletus, agarics...). From page 51 onwards, various mushroom recipes follow: preserved ceps and agarics, morels à la poulette, hydnes à la crème, clavaires au jambon, ceps à la provençale, cep tails in fritters... The author concludes his treatise with advice on cultivation (from page 70) "for the pleasure of making a small daily harvest, more or less abundant due to the humidity of the season". The 12 watercolors represent, under different aspects and shoots, 23 varieties of mushrooms: 17 edible, 3 suspect, and 3 poisonous. Slight foxing. Small rubs to the binding.
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