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Nissen BBI 1874 - Stafleu/ C. 12.490 - Volbracht 2028 ("Sehr selten") - Henrey III, 1363 - Cleevely S. 488: "The little circle no.1 in the plate contains the powder or seeds mixed with gum arabic' (accompanying text). However, neither the gum arabic nor the spores are visible. The supplement was never completed and does not require a separate title page. The copper-engraved plates are printed using a single base colour (normally black, but occasionally orange, brown, etc), they are all finished by hand. ' The text of the work was by Sowerby himself and in connection with its production made a series of models for British fungi ... now in the B.M.(N.H.)". - "Was e'ry fal'ring tongue of man, Almigthy Father! silent in thy praise, Thy works themselves would raise a general voice; Even in the depth of solitary woods, By himan foot untrod, proclaim thy power" (Titelblatt). - Erste Ausgabe. - Die Tafel 257 falsch numeriert (256) und doppelt vorhanden. - Durchgängig schwach gebräunt, stellenweise leicht stockfleckig und Druck-Durchschlag auf der Rückseite der Tafeln. Insgesamt innen in guter Erhaltung. - Provenienz: Altes gest. Exlibris auf Spiegel "FMW & N". - Aus dem ehemaligen Besitz von Evelyn Templetown mit lose beiligendem handschriftlichen Brief; hs. Besitzvermerk von Arthur Palliser (englischer Admiral, 1890-1956). - Schweizer Privatbesitz.