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An history of fungusses, growing about Halifax. ... wherein their varieties, and various appearances in the different stages of growth, are faithfully exhibited ... With a particular description of each species, in all its stages, ... By James Bolton, ...
Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO) Available online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolton, James, naturalist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fungi--England--Halifax.
- Fungi--Early works to 1800.
- Mushrooms--England--Halifax.
- Mushrooms--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4v.,182 plates )
- Place of Publication:
- [Huddersfield] : Printed [by J. Brook] for the author, and sold in Halifax by him, and by J. Milner, bookseller; by B. White and Son, in London, by the booksellers of Oxford, Cambridge, York, Edinburgh; and may be had of all other booksellers, 1788-91.
- Notes:
- Consists of three volumes with 'An appendix or supplement .. by which the work is compleated in four volumes. ..'.
- An errata slip is pasted to the final leaf of vol. I.
- Vol. II bears the imprint: 'Huddersfield: printed for the author by J. Brook, bookseller; and sold by B. White and Son, London; J. Binns, Leeds; W. Edwards and sons, and J. Milner, Halifax; and may be had of all other booksellers.'; vols. III and IV: 'Huddersfield; printed by J. Brook, for the author, at Stannary, near Halifax.' - Vol. II contains 'An essay towards a methodical arrangement of agarics ..' - Separate index to vols. I-II; general index at end of vol. IV.
- Some of the images on the plates have been reversed.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Henrey, 465
- English Short Title Catalog, T84360.
- OCLC:
- 642714779
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