Flora Agaricina Danica Text and Plates
by Lange, Jakob E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-025: Printed by Recato a/s. Very Good. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published under the Auspices of the Society for the Advancement of Mycology in Denmark and the Danish Botanical Society. 1935-1940. Text Volume: 90+105+96+119+105 pgs. Plate Volume: 200 color chromolithograph. Laid in card with correspondence from Society of Mycology in Demark (and major collaborator NF Buchwald) , a prospectus from the same as well as a card from the author discussing the production of the two volumes on a postcard laid into a pocket in the rear of the text volume. Bound in matching red buckram with gilt titles. Boards in VG shape with light shelf-wear presentpresent to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One of the technically finest chromolithographed books ever produced. More than a thousand species are described. The descriptions are brief because most specific details can be seen, and the author even recommends that they should be examined with a lens. - "Flora agaricina Danica. Are both scientifically invaluable and superb examples of modern printing" (G. C. Ainsworth) E-25; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65091
- Title
- Flora Agaricina Danica Text and Plates
- Author
- Lange, Jakob E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Printed by Recato a/s
- Place of Publication
- E-025
- Date Published
- 1935
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...