Lot no. 266
BARLA (Jean-Baptiste). Illustrated mycological flora. Les Champignons des Alpes-Maritimes, with an indication of their useful or harmful properties. Nice, A. Gilletta, 1888. In-4, brown half-chagrin (period binding). Rare first edition, published in seven issues from 1888 to 1892. It contains 69 colour plates, chromolithographed from drawings by the author and Vincent Fossat. This remarkable monograph on the mycological flora of the Alpes-Maritimes is a continuation of the work of J.-B. Barla (1817-1896) published in 1859 in Les Champignons de la province de Nice. Minor spotting to binding; a few foxing marks, not serious. Volbracht, n°61 - Nissen, n°79.
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