Histoire Naturelle des Champignons comestibles et vénéneux

Pp. xv, 308; 75 full page plates (73 are brilliant chromolithographs with 411 individual botanical illustrations of mushrooms, 2 are plain anatomical diagrams).  Publisher’s original one quarter brown morocco leather, spine with four raised bands set off gilt decorations, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with gilt floral designs in the other four compartments, over brown marbled boards with attractive blue marbled endpapers inside, sm 4to (10 3/4 x 7 inches; 27 x 18 cm).  The monograph provides a detailed and precise overview of the current state of knowledge of cryptogams, edible or poisonous, to form a complete work that can be consulted by anyone interested in the study of fungi.  It is rich in scientific and botanical details, accompanied by superb color illustrations and with vast analytical indexes.  The text is in French.  No ownership marks and almost no signs of use.