Author: Husnot, [P.] T. Title: Muscologia Gallica. Description et figures des mousses de France et des contrées voisines. Première Partie Acrocarpes. [Deuxième Partie] Pleurocarpes. [Complete].
Description: Cahan, T. Husnot and Paris, Savy, 1884-1890-[1894]. Two parts in one. 8vo (24.6 x 15.6 cm). pp. [viii, 1-284; 285-468] 125 lithographed plates [I-LXXIX; LXXX-CXXV]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes and title. pattered endpapers. Speckled edges. = A well-illustrated monograph, with some 6,000 figures. The second part simply starts at p. 285, without a half-title or any other marking. Some shelf wear and light toning to two text sections due to a slightly lower grade of paper, and mild spotting to a few plate versos, but nearly all plates and most of the text spotless. A very good copy. Nissen BBI, 960.
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