NOULET (Jean-Baptiste) and Augustin DASSIER. Traité des cham - Lot 596

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NOULET (Jean-Baptiste) and Augustin DASSIER. Traité des cham - Lot 596
NOULET (Jean-Baptiste) and Augustin DASSIER. Traité des champignons comestibles, suspects et vénéneux qui croent dans le bassin sous-pyrénéen. Toulouse and Paris, J.-B. Paya, 1838. In-8, red morocco, framed with gilt filets and scrolls at the corners, cold plate in the gothic style, smooth spine decorated, interior roulette, gilt edges (Binding of the period). xxx pp, (1) f., 258 pp, (2) ff. (table and notice to the binder), 42 plates. New edition of this beautiful work concerning the mushrooms of southwestern France. It is decorated with 42 plates out of text lithographed by Raynaud in Toulouse, hand colored, each representing one or two species of a variety, in life size: the whole figures 63 species present around Toulouse. The introduction gives a bibliographical history of mycological works published since the beginning of the 18th century, and an analytical table of genera. This is followed by a description of the families, and a section devoted to medical mycetology (how to prevent accidents and find remedies), public hygiene, and culinary preparations. The first edition was published in Toulouse, in two parts, in 1836-1837. An elegantly bound copy. Some foxing. Pritzel, 6765; Nissen, 1456; Cagle, 365; Mykolibri, 1474.
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