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Book ID: 91773
Pegler, David and David Freedberg

Fungi. 3 Volumes. 2006. (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History). 599 col. illustr. 28 b/w illustr. 1028 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

These three volumes catalogue the extensive corpus of mycologicaldrawings in the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Executed mostly inwatercolour between 1625 and 1630 and depicting fungi native to Umbriaand the environs of Rome, they constitute the first sustained attempt tosurvey all the larger fungi of a region, recording in detail the stages of their growth. Laden with notes on colour, smell, taste, weight,season and the locality in which the specimens had been found, the almost six hundred folios were commissioned by Federico Cesi (1585 - 1630), founder of Europe's first scientific academy, the Accademia dei Lincei.
Author Pegler, David and David Freedberg
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Author Pegler, David and David Freedberg
Page image Pegler, David and David Freedberg: Fungi. 3 Volumes. 2006. (The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History). 599 col. illustr. 28 b/w illustr. 1028 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.(91773) 280.34
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