LANGE, JAKOB E.

Flora Agaricina Danica. Published under the Auspices of the Society for the Advancement of Mycology in Denmark and the Danish Botanical Society. Collaborators N.F. Buchwald, M.P. Christiansen, C. Ferdinandsen, Poul Larsen et al. Vol. I-V (all).

Copenhagen, 1935-40. Large 4to. Bound in one nice solid hcalf. Text to each volume and 200 superb chromolithographed plates. Index practically bound separately in hcloth with titlelabel. This copy has belonged to the main collaborator N.F. Buchwald, bearing his name and exlibris.

First edition. One of the technically finest chromolithographed books ever produced. More than a thousand species are described. The descriptions are brief because most specific details can be seen, and the author even recommends that they should be examined with a lens. - "Flora agaricina Danica...are both scientifically invaluable and superb examples of modern printing" (G.C. Ainsworth) - Nissen BBI:1132.

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