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Lot 198

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
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[Natural History] Group of 2 Titles on Fungi

Berkeley, Rev. M.J. 
Outlines of British Fungology…
London: Lovell Reeve, 1860. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 24 lithographic plates (23 hand-color and heightened in gum arabic), by William Fitch. Three-quarter black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, spine slightly browned; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; book-plate of W.N. Whymper on front paste-down; foxing to endpapers and prelims, and scattered lightly to text and plates; contemporary marginalia in ink and pencil. 

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Price, Sarah
Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fields and Woods…
(London): Published for the Author by Lovell Reeve & Co., 1864-65. Two volumes in one, comprising first and second series. 4to. Illustrated with 20 hand-colored lithographic plates. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, rebacked; all edges trimmed; final leaf of Subscriber's list in first series loose; scattered light spotting to text and plates. 

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