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HUSSEY (ANNA MARIA) Illustrations of British Mycology, Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain, by Mrs. T.J. Hussey, [First Series (of 2)], FIRST EDITION, Reeve, Brothers, 1847 image 1
HUSSEY (ANNA MARIA) Illustrations of British Mycology, Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain, by Mrs. T.J. Hussey, [First Series (of 2)], FIRST EDITION, Reeve, Brothers, 1847 image 2
HUSSEY (ANNA MARIA) Illustrations of British Mycology, Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain, by Mrs. T.J. Hussey, [First Series (of 2)], FIRST EDITION, Reeve, Brothers, 1847 image 3
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HUSSEY (ANNA MARIA)
Illustrations of British Mycology, [First Series (of 2)], FIRST EDITION, Reeve, Brothers, 1847

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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HUSSEY (ANNA MARIA)

Illustrations of British Mycology, Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain, by Mrs. T.J. Hussey, [First Series (of 2)], FIRST EDITION, 90 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Mrs Hussey and others, paper guards, a few spots on a few plates, early red half morocco gilt, red morocco gilt lettering label on upper cover, spine decoratively tooled within raised bands, g.e. [Nissen BBI 961], large 4to, Reeve, Brothers, 1847

Footnotes

Anna Maria Hussey's text, accompanying the plates which were in several instances executed after her own drawings, combines "scientific description with information from history, literature, and folklore, and also contain advice on cooking fungi together with personal observations and anecdotes, all written in a lively and amusing style... Reviewers praised the beauty, detail, and accuracy of Illustrations of British Mycology, though the work's cost, and quarto size, made it an impractical companion for field work" (ODNB). A second series was published in 1855, two years after Hussey's death.

Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.

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