A Bibliographical Study of the Icones Pictae Specierum Rariorum Fungorum of Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
1944; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 36; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00275514.1944.12017537
ISSN1557-2536
Autores Tópico(s)Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
ResumoAdoption of the Synopsis Methodica Fungorum, by the International Botanical Congress, as the starting point for nomenclature of the Ustilaginales, Uredinales and Gasteromycetes has caused that book to be more widely used in recent years than any other of Persoon's publications. The companion volume of hand colored plates prepared by him to illustrate some of the less common species described in the Synopsis is, in comparison, little known. This book bears the double title Icones Pictae Specierum Rariorum Fungorum in Synopsi Methodica Descriptarum a C. H. Persoon.-Figures Coloriees des Especes Rares des Champignons Decrits dans l'Ouvrage Intitule: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum par C. H. Persoon. It was published in four fascicles, each consisting of six plates with accompanying descriptive matter printed largely in duplicate in Latin and French. The entire work was published by Amand Koenig at Paris and Strasbourg. For several reasons, this book has unusual bibliographical interest. It is one of Persoon's rarer works; to a surprising degree, copies of it have been preserved in an incomplete condition; and, quite generally, the date of publication of the last fascicle has been recorded incorrectly. We are concerned in this paper only with such bibliographical matters. Our statements are based on a critical study of the known copies of the work in North American libraries. It has been our privilege to examine several of them, and detailed knowledge of the others has been gained through correspondence. In the endeavor to locate as many specimens of the book as possible, and obtain information as to their state of completeness, a brief questionnaire was sent to a carefully selected list of mycologists and institutional libra177
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