Naturgetreue Abbildungen und Beschreiibungen der essbaren, schädlichen und verdächtigen Schwämme. TAFELBAND. 1831 - 1846. 1607 handcol. figs. on 76 plates (lithos & copper engr.). Halfcloth. - 76 cm x 37,5 cm.

Lacks the text volume . Plate 1 slightly browned. A few other plates partly browned. -Good general condition of plates. -Uellner 902. Nissen 1106. First edition.

Counts among the finest mycological books. The fine plates are lithographed by A. Macheck in Prague and made by Jos. Hellich, Jos. Niederhöfer, F. Schier and A. C. J. Corda.

Julius Vincent von Krombholz (1782-1843) was a physician and mycologist in Oberpolitz in northern Bohemia and in 1828 was appointed professor of special pathology and therapy at Prague university. He had a special interest in mycology and the toxicity of mushrooms. He died in 1843 before completing this book of edible and dangerous mushrooms, and the last parts were edited by Johann Baptista Zobel.