SubjectMushrooms and Toadstools (Facsimile Edition)
Hardcover | 2008[2008 reprint] | #173617 | ISBN-13: 9780007278541
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This facsimile reprint is identical in every way to the original first edition.
Dr. Ramsbottom was for many years Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, and he devoted his life to the study of fungi in all their aspects. He was equally at home in the field, the laboratory and the library. One of the special features of Mushrooms and Toadstools is the wealth of historical allusion to fungi extracted from old books.Set out in a style reminiscent of Robert Burton, this volume can truly be described as a 20th century 'Anatomy of Toadstool. ' Indeed, in fairy rings, science and superstition have gone hand in hand to produce a lively story of alternating surmise and research -- and even today a full and final explanation of these mysterious rings has not yet been made.
Many of the larger toadstools are brightly coloured and lend themselves admirably to colour photography, as shown by the 80 remarkable illustrations by Mr Paul de Laszlo.
Dr. Ramsbottom was for many years Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, and he devoted his life to the study of fungi in all their aspects. He was equally at home in the field, the laboratory and the library. One of the special features of Mushrooms and Toadstools is the wealth of historical allusion to fungi extracted from old books.Set out in a style reminiscent of Robert Burton, this volume can truly be described as a 20th century 'Anatomy of Toadstool. ' Indeed, in fairy rings, science and superstition have gone hand in hand to produce a lively story of alternating surmise and research -- and even today a full and final explanation of these mysterious rings has not yet been made.
Many of the larger toadstools are brightly coloured and lend themselves admirably to colour photography, as shown by the 80 remarkable illustrations by Mr Paul de Laszlo.
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