LIENARD, Jean-Félix (1812-1894)

Lot 144
11.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 144 | LIENARD, Jean-Félix (1812-1894)
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
LIENARD, Jean-Félix (1812-1894)
Catalogue des champignons observée et recuillis dans le dept de la Meuse et figurant dans le collection de Monsieur F. Liénard. [Verdun: unpublished manuscript, 1855-1871-1875-1880]
A stunningly rich, varied, and scientifically important album of fine watercolours, accurately depicting mushrooms and other fungi collected by the French polymath Jean-Félix Liénard (1812-1894). Liénard was an archaeologist, numismatist, entomologist, botanist and mycologist from Verdun, and the illustrations here show his methodical scientific approach, with each named both in Latin and the French vernacular. The watercolours include detailed captions with collection locations, and other relevant information, and are arranged taxonomically. Liénard, who served as curator of the Verdun Museum from 1853 to 1894, was a prolific scholar. He contributed significantly to the museum's collections and was an active member of learned societies. The album showcases Liénard's extensive mycological work, with some specimens collected by his correspondent Trémeau, and references the 1815 third edition of Lamarck and De Candolle's Flore Française for identifications.

Small folio ( 282 x 192mm). 382 leaves of which three with manuscript index, 23 with manuscript half-title, and 356 with finely drawn and coloured mushrooms. Slightly later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: by descent from the author and artist to: – M. Liénard Bardot (who had it bound, his name appearing at the foot of the spine) – Jacques and Hélène Bon (bibliophiles; small mycological-culinary bookplate).
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