Les Champignons de M. Jackson. Revu avec Introduction par Mimi Cazort
by JACKSON, Henry Alexander Carmichael (1877-)
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About This Item
Ottawa,: Galerie Nationale du Canada,, (1979).. 162, [ii] pp. Small folio (26.5 x 33.5 cm.). Original publisher's cloth with coloured dust jacket. With a coloured frontispiece, a portrait, and 41 very finely coloured plates. ¶ Jackson, was a Canadian naturlist and gifted botanical artist. This work consist of Henry Jackson's mycological excursions ('les carnets de M. Jackson') made between 1931 and 1954. The water colours he made during these excursion are reproduced here life-size and are among the finest mycological illustrations ever made in Canada. This works in finely printed with the 'Cartier' type by Carl Dair on 'Byronic' paper, the plates printed on 'Rolland Gloss', all Canadian made.
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- Title
- Les Champignons de M. Jackson. Revu avec Introduction par Mimi Cazort
- Author
- JACKSON, Henry Alexander Carmichael (1877-)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Galerie Nationale du Canada,
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa,
- Date Published
- (1979).
- Keywords
- mycology botanical illustrations iconographs mycologie mushrooms champignons fine printing
- Bookseller catalogs
- botany - medical botany - mycology;
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Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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