Elegant, handwritten text in cursive on a white background

Dedication pages from The Fungi of Maryland, Late 1800s

Accession Number: 
NYSM i-499, i-759

Mary Banning writes the following text in an elegant, handwritten cursive style underneath her illustration:

Dedicated by permission, to Professor Charles H. Peck, of Albany, NY, New York State Botanist, in token of thanks for his kindness in helping to determine the numerous Fungi of Maryland. 

Presented to the New York State Museum of Natural History
by M. E. Banning.