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SOWERBY, JAMES (Junior). The mushroom and champignon illustrated : compared with, and distinguished from, the poisonous fungi that resemble them. London (J. Sowerby, jun.) 1832.

Small 4to (190x165 mm). 5 hand-coloured engraved plates.
Later green leather binding, gilt edges, worn and with partly warped covers. All text and plates loose.

Nissen BBI 1876.
James Sowerby(1815-34), a grandson of James Sowerby (1757 - 1822), English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist.

Provenance: The consigners´ family is related to James Sowerby (1757-1822) through their great grandmother, who was the daughter Charlotte Ann Sowerby (Lottie), later married Bryant. The family´s grandmother later bought this work in London in the 1920´s.

Auktionsnummer:

6196

Datum:

2019-06-14