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Scope and Contents Handwritten and illustrated book primarily on Agaricaceae mushrooms compiled by Charles Paul Barrington, native Philadelphian, architect and amateur artist and naturalist. Contains over 100 illustrations of original pencil drawings and watercolors. Some illustrations include notations stating whether a mushroom is edible or poisonous. There is an index in the front of the volume to the species represented in the text. Also included is a glossary of terms used in describing mushrooms, notes...

Scope and Contents The Lewis David von Schweinitz Bographical Data and Personalia collection consists of biographies, letters, and lists related to Schweinitz's life and his library holdings. More specifically the collection includes an excerpt from Bishop Edmund de Schweinitz's manuscript 'History of the family of the von Schweinitz;" notes and letters about the Nazareth Moravian school which he attended in childhood; lists of Schweinitz's library and its disposition; and certificates of membership in...

Overview Lewis David von Schweinitz was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on February 13, 1780 to Hans Christian Alexander von Schweinitz and Dorthea Elizabeth de Watteville both from prominent German families involved in the development of the Moravian community. Schweinitz became a Moravian preacher working in Silesia, Saxony, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. In addition to preaching, Schweinitz pursued botany. He examined and described plants collected by Thomas Say, published articles,...

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The Lewis David von Schweinitz Drawings collection contains original illustrations of fungi and higher plants in four bound volumes and a number of loose plates. The bound works, volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Fungorum Nieskiensium are organized by volume number and illustrate various fungi. The loose plates include fungi of Salem, North Carolina, but mainly illustrations of specimens identified as 'higher plants.'

Overview Lewis David von Schweinitz was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on February 13, 1780 to Hans Christian Alexander von Schweinitz and Dorthea Elizabeth de Watteville both from prominent German families involved in the development of the Moravian community. Schweinitz became a Moravian preacher working in Silesia, Saxony, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. In addition to preaching, Schweinitz pursued botany. He examined and described plants collected by Thomas Say, published articles,...