LÉVEILLÉ, J.-H.

Paris, 1846. 8vo. 136 pp. Some corrections and additions in pencil. Later marbled paper boards with leather title label (Levins bokbinderi), sprinkled edges. Inscribed by the author to M. J. Berkeley. Owner’s stamp of Th. M. Fries and bookplate of Nils Fries. Volbracht 1177. Stafleu 4469. Joseph-Henri Léveillé (1796-1870) was a microscopist. According to Ainsworth ”he is said when on active service as a military surgeon to have used his microscope in the front line”. In this book he presents his ”...novel general classification in which for the first time many histological criteria were employed [...] Léveillé’s primary subdivisions were based on spore characters and many of the lower categories were also differentiated on microscopical features.” Fine provenance. Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803-89) ”The founder of British mycology”, systematist with some 6000 species of fungi being credited to him. Berkeley made very important contributions to the field of plant pathology. He composed the account of native British fungi in Sir W. Hooker’s ”British Flora” (1836) and his most important works are ”Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany” (1857), and his ”Outlines of British Fungology” (1860). He also published a large number of articles on mycology. Theodor (Thore) Magnus Fries (1832-1913) was professor of botany at the University of Uppsala, the son of Elias Fries and the grandfather of Nils Fries.