Berkeley ( George )Livre Rare Book
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British Fungi: Consisting of Dried Specimens of the Species Described in Vol. V. Part II. of the English Flora; together with such as may hereafter be discovered indigenous to Britain
Best.-Nr. 41976London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1836-1843. First edition 4 vols. small 4to 245 x 200 mm printed titles and indices 350 original mounted specimens of Fugi with printed labels volumes 1 and 2 contemporary morocco-backed boards one cover detached worn volumes 3 and 4 publisher's boards one lacking spine. A remarkable work in the of mycology providing a visual and physical record of British fungi. Miles Joesph Berkeley 1803-1889 a Church of England clergyman and naturalist and to be later known as the father of British mycology. He contributed the section on British fungi to Sir James Edward Smiths The English Flora which was published in 5 volumes from 1824 to 1836. Here he presents the dried specimens which he had described in Smiths work. For obvious reasons fungal exsiccatae are much rarer than other species of the genus and complete set are seldom meet with. This being the only complete set to appear at auction in the past 70 years. Provenance: Andrew Fountaine library; the library of Michael Walpole 1933-2009 founding member of the Loughborough Naturalists Club. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836-1843 hardcover
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