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Manuscript on graph paper comprising nearly 60 original drawings in black pencil, coloured pencil and watercolour, describing various species of edible and poisonous fungi: agaric, Caesar's mushroom, edible bolete, ceps, chanterelles, beefsteak fungus, morel, winter truffle, etc.
Each drawing is captioned in French and Latin.
Contemporary amateur binding in full flexible boards, plain orange spine split and with portions lacking, blue boards; spine cracked.
Provenance: from the library of Dr Bacquias of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, with his name inscribed in the upper left-hand corner of the front board.
Some foxing.