Monographia Cladoniarum Universalis (1887-1897) by Edvard August Vaino

Hardback: half-Moroccan leather with marbled boards, edges & endpapers, plus gilt lettering | Publishers: J Simelii: Helsinki & OW Backmanni: Kuopio | Part 1 [in Latin] 1887, 510pp | Part 2 [in Latin] 1894, 499pp | Part 3 [in French] 1897, 268pp |

Very Good | Boards are slightly scuffed and there is the signature of the previous owner on the title page of each part (see photos) - otherwise clean, bright, and in Excellent condition.

Vaino (also known as Edvard Waino) was a Finnish lichenologist (1853-1929). He published the three volume foundational monograph on the genus of lichenized fungi, Cladonia. Here, all three first edition texts are bound beautifully together in a single volume. Extremely scarce. Cladonia is the primary food source for reindeer/caribou.

1st edition