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Lot 145
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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Lot Description
MCILVAINE, Charles (1840-1909). One Thousand American Fungi, How to Select and Cook the Edible; How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900.
Thick 4to (267 x 195 mm). Numerous illustrations in color and black and white. (Some browning, a few short tears not affecting text.) Original publisher’s green pictorial cloth gilt (slight wear or browning).
FIRST EDITION, number 499 of 750 copies of the “Author’s Edition,” SIGNED BY MCILVAINE. An essential reference for the mycophagist, including descriptions of mushrooms and other fungi, edible and poisonous, which McIlvaine tested personally to ensure the accuracy of his text.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum