Icones selectae fungorum.

6 vol., 4to: 558 pp., 500 pl. (some very scattered spotting, sl. marg. soiling on top edge vol. IV).

Red half publ. cloth, gilt titled spines (front joints starting to split at heads and tails). Good set.

First edition of this great classic on mushrooms. With 500 col. plates mounted on stubs showing the titular fungi in basic yet attractive illustrations, every pl. accompanied by a descriptive text. Vol. VI (text), contains the taxonomical classification of the fungi, and 4 lithogr. portr. of the authors, both members of the French Mycological Society, the publisher and R. Maire, who wrote the preface. Ref. Stafleu & Cowan 3858. - Bn-Opale plus.