Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould. An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi

Introductory scientific volume on microscopic fungi, illustrated with sixteen plates, many of which are in colour. Fifth edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring sixteen colour and monochrome plates, including plate VII bound as the frontispiece. Collated, complete. Artwork by popular botanical illustrator and publisher John Edward Sowerby.First published in 1865, this introductory volume on the study of microscopic fungi contains sections on rust, smut, mildew, mould and more. Written by successful English botanist Moredecai Cubitt Cooke, Kew mycologist and curator at the India Museum. In publisher's original cloth binding. Small plate of W. P. Collins, Science Bookseller to rear paste down. Externally, reasonably smart with the occasional mark and slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in noticeable loss of cloth, most prominently along joints. Internally, generally firmly bound with title page and preface pages loose. Bright and clean copy with spotting concentrated mainly to the first and last few pages. Good.…