Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Lactarius volumes, Agaricus volemus, edible. Plate xxii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

White saddle, Helvella crispa, and Palamino Plate lix

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Agaricus Casareus'
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Peziza mushrooms: P aurantia, coccinea, fulgens Plate x

Agaricus viscidus, Gomphidius viscidus Plate xx
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Lactarius volumes, Agaricus volemus, edible.Plate xxxviii
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

White saddle, Helvella crispa, and Palamino Plate vi

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Scarlet hood, Hygrocybe coccinea, and Witchs hat, Hygrocybe conica, edible Plate xvi


Hygroscopic earthstar, Geastrum hygrometricum Plate li

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Comb tooth mushroom, Hericium coralloides Plate xxxviii
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Grisette, Amanita vaginata, Agaricus vaginatus, edible Plate vi
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

European white egg mushroom, Amanita ovoidea Plate ii
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

 



Pepper mushroom, Lactarius piperatus, edible Plate xxiv


Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon Echinatum, and Earthball Plate lii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Coral fungus, Clavaria dichotoma, suspect Plate xlviii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Cauliflower coral mushroom, (Clavaraia ) Ramaria botrytis, edible Plate xl



Golden coral fungus, Ramaria aurea, edible Plate xli

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Ivory waxy cap, Hygrophorus eburneus and Hygrophorus Plate xv

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Death cap, Amanita phalloides, Agaricus phalloides Plate xii
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Pasture or parasol mushroom, Agaricus procerus, edible Plate ix

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Agaricus Palliodes Plate ivbr>
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Morel mushrooms: Morchella lutescens, Morchella Plate xli

Half-free morel, Morchella semi-libera, Mitrophora Plate xlvii

Snow morel, Gyromitra gigas, and hooded false morel, Helvella infula, edible. Plate xlii
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Clavaria umbraticola, clavaire de l ombre, suspect Plate xlii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Agaricus azureus, agaric azure, edible Plate xix



Shaggy ink cap, Coprinus comatus, and Coprinopsis Plate xxi

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Bitter beech bolete, Boletus calopus, poisonous Plate xxxi

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Weeping bolete, Suillus granulatus, and Bovine Plate xxxiii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Mild milkcap, Lactarius subdulcis, edible Plate xxiii


Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, edible Plate xxix

chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Hedgehog mushroom, Hydnum repandum, and scaly hedgehog mushroom, Sarcodon imbricatus, edible. Plate xxxvii

Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

Yellow morel, Morchella esculenta, and green morel, Morchella viridis, edible. Plate xlvi


Field mushroom, Agaricus campestris, edible Plate xxxix


Pigs ears mushroom, Gomphus clavatus, Craterellus Plate xxxix
Hand finished chromolithographs from the first edition of Leuba’s Les Champignons Comestibles et les Especes Veneneuses, published in Paris in 1890.  By Fritz Leuba (1848-1910) was a mycologist and artist from Neuchatel, Switzerland  and  H. Furrer (lithographer) .A rare and beautiful work on mushrooms, presenting 52 of the most artistic and decorative prints of mushrooms in botanical illustration, 32 with dramatic black backgrounds. All of the edible species are represented, including the exotic truffle & a few of the most well known poisonous species.The prints are titled  often with the scientific name  given by Italian mycologist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, many  changed by later biologists. Condition is fine and size approx 23cm x 35cm including margins.  £55 inc delivery

 


Boletus Lucidus
Antique copperplate  hand colored folio engraved print from the first edition of Flora Londinensis by William Curtis. These first edition prints are the rarest of Curtis's large-scale prints. Curtis’ masterpiece and the first comprehensive study of the flora of England. Artists included the inimitable James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom & William Kilburn,  in stunning condition  £55 inc delivery /also on fungi page creased /iron but worth the frame

Agraricus Fundetarius Linn /Le Champignon Blanc de la Formes  d'un Oeuf / Shaggy Ink Cap
Copper plate engraving on laid paper, plate mark approximately 12 3/4 x 8 inches on sheet 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches.
A classical botanical image with elegant design and fine engraving, printed on laid paper. Plate  from a volume of Pierre Joseph Buchoz "Histoire Universelle de Regne Vegetale"(1774-1780). Born in Metz (France) in 1731, Buchoz was a physician & lawyer training but passionate naturalist.  He was an enthusiastic and prolific publisher of botanical works including Herbier Artificiel, Histoire du Regne Vegetal, Histoire Universelle, Le Jardin d’Eden & Collections Precieuse et Eluminees des Fleurs.  £120 ea older colour, unmounted inc deliverymany mild creases sent ironed reduced from £185

Fungi (? ) or   Mollusc decad 7
from Premiere [Seconde] Centurie enluminees et non enluminees representant au naturel.les Animaux les Vegetaux et les Mineraux pour servir d'intelligence a l'Histoire Generale des Trois Regnes de la Nature. by Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz, 1731-1807 Published Paris and Amsterdam. 1778-1871. Folio, (451 x 275mm). 20 decades, one of 200 hand-coloured engravings, each subject is represented in black and white as well as color. Considered the principal work of the physician and naturalist, Pierre Joseph Buchoz. The magnificent plates were designed and engraved by the leading artists and engravers of the 18th century. They include Jean Baptise Desmoulins, Jac de Favanne, and Guil. De Favanne, etc.; Claude Mathieu Fessard, who engraved the plates for many books of Buchoz, C. Baquoy, Dupin fils, J. Mesnil, I. Robert, F. Lucas, Jac. Julliet, etc Size Folio (451 x 275mm) rare £85 inc delivery Old colour full page no defects unless noted