1339 - Fries, E.

Fries, E. Icones selectae hymenomycetum nondum delineatorum. 2 vols. Stockholm and Uppsala, Norstedt & Berling 1867–84. Folio. With portrait on the frontispiece and 200 color lithographic plates. 116 pp., 1 leaf; 3 leaves, VII, 104 pp. Modern art leather binding. Nissen, BBI 655. Pritzel 3113. Stafleu/Cowan 1894. Volbracht 664. Uellner 494. Junk, Antiquar p. 294. First edition, published in installments. — Published over an extended period and, as a complete set, extremely rare. The Swedish botanist Elia Fries (1794–1878) is considered the founder of modern mycology and was the first to develop a system for classifying fungi. The second volume was completed by his sons, Thore and Robert Fries. “Fries’s illustrated work *Icones Hymenomycetum* is already on the verge of being impossible to find” (Junk). “Opus egregium” (Pritzel). — Various pages heavily stained; first plate and title page of Vol. 2 with minor edge wear.