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LICHENS, MOSSES and CORALS]. ACHARIUS, ERIK. Lichenographiae Sveciae Prodromus... Linköping, 1798. 8vo, 208 x 125 mm., contemporary red half morocco, Edward Rudge's copy with his crest on spine. FIRST EDITION, colored engraved title and 2 colored engraved plates. The first publication of Acharius on lichenology the study of which he was the founder. The lichens were one of the most recalcitrant groups for botanists, becasue, unknown in Acharius' time, they are symbiots of fungi and algae. When this work was written, Acharius still believed them to be animals related to the zoophytes, although he expresses great doubt as to their biological status, and does suggest, tentatively, that the cohabitation of plants and animals formig a seemingly single organism should be sonsidered. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 9. Edward Rudge's copy, with his annotations to text -- ACHARIUS. Methodus qua omnes Detectos Lichenes. Stockholm, 1803. 8vo, 210 x 127 mm., calf backed boards, wear to spine ends and joints. Including supplement. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- NECKER, NOEL JOSEPH DE. Methodus Muscorum per Classes, Ordines, Genera ac Species cum Synonymis, nominibus Trivialibus, Locis Natalibus, Observationibus Digestorum, Aeneisque Figuris Illustratorum. Mannheim, 1771. 8vo, 180 x 117 mm., contemporary half calf, Edward Rudge's copy, with his crest on spine. Engraved vignette on title and one engraved plate. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6666 -- SWARTZ, OLOF. Dispositio Systematica Muscorum Frondosorum Sveciae. Erlangen, 1799. 8vo, 150 x 90 mm., wrappers. 9 colored engraved plates. Nissen 1915 -- SWARTZ. Lichenes Americani quos Partim in Flora Indiae Occidentalis... Partim e Regionibus Diversis Americae... Nurmberg, 1811. 8vo, 214 x 135 mm., modern cloth. 18 colored engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1919 -- TURNER, DAWSON. Muscologiae Hibernicae Spicilegium... Yarmouth and London, 1804. 8vo, 166 x 100 mm., contemporary calf. 16 colored engraved plates. This work was privately printed in an edition of 350 copies. Nissen BBI 2012; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1340. Edward Ruge's copy -- DILLENIUS, JOHANN JACOB. Historia Muscorum: A General History of Land and Water, etc. Mosses and Corals... London, 1768. 4to, 288 x 229 mm., contemporary mottled calf, rebacked. Second English Edition, 85 engraved plates. Henrey 642; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1472. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- AGARDH, CARL ADOLF Icones Algarum Europaearum... Leipzig, 1828-35. 8vo, 218 x 130 mm., half calf, rebacked; front hinge cracked. FIRST EDITION, 40 colored plates, some folding. Nissen 5; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 45. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- AGARDH. Algae Maris Mediterranei et Adriatici... Paris, 1842. 8vo, 221 x 152 mm., half cloth, upper joint cracked. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 52. (9)