Agaricus Campestris or Common Field Mushroom
Robert James Thornton, 1802. Etching and aquatint. Sheet measures 18.5" x 12.5". A widely eaten gilled mushroom, the cap is white, may have fine scales. From "A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus," which Thornton commissioned and compiled between 1797 and 1807. In good condition, with light stains and right margin crease as issued. Dr. Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) was an English physician and botanical writer. A specialist in medical botany, Thornton dedicated the later part..... More