Fuhrer fur Pilzfreunde (3 Volumes)

Edmund Michael

Zwickau Sa

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Forster & Borries

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1907-1909

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19.5cm x 13cm. xii, 29 pages, 58 plates; xii pages, 72 plates; xii pages, 80 plates. Original illustrated green cloth, gilt and black lettering. Text is in German.

Guide for Mushroom Lovers: The Most Common Edible, Suspicious and Poisonous Mushrooms. A bibliographically complicated title with numerous editions and printings. This set being a lovely example of early appearances in the complete 3 volumes, representing a fantastic example of the complete work: Volume 1, [1909], marked Zehntes Tausend; Volume 2, [1907], marked Sechstes Tausend; Volume 3, 1908, marked 3-5 Tausend. See VOLBRACHT 1365, 1366. Volume 1 with the bookplate of American academic murderer Holmes Beckwith by Sheldon Cheney, and with minor pencil annotations to the text possibly in his hand. All three volumes with the name stamp of Maurice Colas at the gutter of the title pages.

Minor shelf wear. Minor foxing and tanning. Near Fine Condition.