HOLMSKIOLD, THEODOR & CHRISTIAAN HENDRIK PERSOON.
Coryphæi clavarias ramariasque complectentes cum brevi structuræ interioris expositione. Denuo cum adnotationibus editi nec non commentatione de fungis clavæformibus. Accedunt tabulæ IV æneæ.
Lipsiæ, P. P. Wolf, 1797.
8vo. Bound in a beautiful contemporary marbled cardboardbinding with gilt title label to spine. Slight wear to capitals and outer hinges. Corners bumped. Exlibris to inside of front board. Small wormhole to inner lower margin. Internally clean, printed on good paper. IV, 239, (1: errata) + 4 engraved plates.
The exceedingly scarce separate edition of the Latin text of the first volume of Theodor Holmskiold's 'Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis' (Copenhagen, 1790). As the first edition of 'Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis', arguably the most splendid book ever printed in Denmark, was only printed in a small number of copies, the prominent Swedish mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761-1836) organised for this annotated reissue of the Latin text of the first volume to be published. The present copy belonged to the renowned Danish book collector Eiler Høeg, with his exlibris pasted to inside of front board.
Order-nr.: 62246
DKK 8.500,00