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WASSON, Robert Gordon and Valentina Pavlovna. Mushrooms, Russia and History. New York [and Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] Pantheon Books, [1957].
2 volumes, folio. 82 full-page plates (26 of which are after watercolors by Jean Henri Fabri, folding chart in rear pocket. Original green buckram, red cloth lettering-pieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; original glassine (chipped with losses at spine); original slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 189 of 512 copies on handmade paper. A comparative study of the lore of mushrooms and their use for culinary, medicinal, homicidal, and ritual purposes intertwined with Russian history and folklore. It includes the famous first appearance of the Wasson’s first encounter with Maria Sabina and their first experience with psilocybin.