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Auction #121 begins on 27 Feb 2025

Bottomley, (A M) & P H B Talbot

COMMON EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, 1954

Edition: First

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 27 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 6 Mar 16:30 GMT

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Bulletin No 324. (Botany and Plant Pathology Series No 17)

After an introduction, the bulletin describes 20 of the more common species, with each illustrated by a full-page colour plate. Nine of these are rated as edible, three as borderline and the remainder as inedible or poisonous. The painting of the (edible) Tough Boletus is by the noted botanical artist Cythna Letty.

The brown card covers are stapled. i + 49 pp + 20 single-sided plates. An erratum slip is pasted in at the front. Some wear to the covers on spine top, see picture. Content clean, clear and unmarked.

  • Size: 8vo (250 x 160 mm)


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