Les Hymenomycètes ou description de tous les champignons (Fungi) qui croissent en France avec l'indication de leurs propriétés utiles ou vénéneuses.

Alençon, C. Thomas and De Broise et Lapage, 1874-(1898). In four parts (text and three atlas volumes). 8vo (21.0 x 14.5 cm). 828 pp. (up to p. 8 in Roman numerals); 711 (of 712) lithographed plates. Uniform black half calf over black grained boards; spines with four raised bands, and silver titles (atlas volumes), and similar black pebbled half morocco over black, grained boards; spine with gilt title (text volume). = The main work on fungi by Gillet, dealing with the most beautiful mushroom. Smaller parts on other fungi were published later. Bibliographers are not in accordance over the number of plates. Partly this is due to Gillet's own indexes, published in 1890 and 1898, which are both confusing and incomplete. However, added (in photocopy) is an essetial bibliography by the French mycologist Henri Essette (1895-1972) which provides a numerical list of plates (called "ordre alphabetique [sic]), which lists the plates and their contents, except plates 10a, 17a, and 660a, which were missed by Essette (and not mentioned on the spines), but, however, are present here. Extremely rare and almost never found complete as the plates were published unnumbered. A great classic in mycology. A near uniform set, however, lacking pl. 119. Otherwise very good. Essette, H. Bull. Soc. Myc. France 78 (1957). Remarques et tables concernant l'atlas de Gillet. Junk Bibliographia Botanica pp. 2296-2299; Nissen BBI, 707-708; Stafleu and Cowan, 2018. Volbracht, 732.