Atlas Book - Birds of France

• Pocket Atlas of Mushrooms
• This 1909 work, here reprinted in facsimile, reproduces as faithfully as possible 64 plates colored at the time in chromolithography.
• They represent 66 species of mushrooms and are accompanied by information on the main places where the mushroom can be found, its nutritional value, etc.
• Written by a specialist of his time.
• The scientific classification is followed by general notions and advice on mushrooms, their chemical composition, their food value and possible culinary recipes, their harvest period and places, as well as notions on the treatment of poisonings and their cultivation.

Author: Paul Dumée (1849 –1930), first-class pharmacist and eminent mycologist
of his time, was the author of numerous works on mushrooms.
Illustrator: Aimé Bessin (1870 –1942), son of a Parisian engraver and naturalist painter,
worked in gouache and watercolor and contributed to the illustration of numerous naturalist works on all subjects.
Language: French