Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould: An introduction to the study of Microscopic Fungi.

Second Hand
Hardcover
Author: Cooke, M. C.
Published by: Robert Hardwicke
Language: English

1st edition. Book Condition: Good.
Scarce 1st edition. 16mo in green blind stamped cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt cover emblem; frontis(plate 7)+viii+238pp. 12 colour plates + 1 black and white microscopy plate numbered XVI showing sandwort mould and dock mould. Brown advertorial endpapers promoting the monthly installments of Sowerby’s English Botany and The Popular Science Review at the front and numerous Useful Works at the rear.
Loss to top and bottom of spine, worn joints with cloth split to half of front joint, lightly bumped fore-corners, cracked hinges though remaining firmly bound. Moderate age toning but otherwise crisp and clean internally.