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The nature-printed British sea-weeds : a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the algæ of the British Isles.

Title: The nature-printed British sea-weeds : a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the algæ of the British Isles. / By William Grosart Johnstone, F.B.S.E., and Alexander Croall, A.B.S.E. ; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. In four volumes..
Author: Johnstone, William Grosart
Publication: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859.-1860.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 4	Text	Permit needed	MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702 v. 4	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	Permit needed	MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702 v. 3	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Permit needed	MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702 v. 2	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Permit needed	MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702 v. 1	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

4 v., CCVII [i.e. 207], leaves of colored plates : black and white illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

Genre/Form

Nature prints.
Intaglio prints.
Pictorial works.

Note

Plates consist of nature prints (in this case, prints made by intaglio electrotype plates produced from a mold of the object); most are printed in one color, with additional etched illustrations of details in the same color and lettering in black, some are printed in 2 (or rarely 3) colors à la poupée, and some include hand coloring; some appear to have tonal areas in aquatint.
Numbered plates include 22 1/2, 47A/B, 59A/B/C, 68A/B, 69A/B, 70A/B/C/, 91A/B/C/, 92A/B, and 206B (preceded by 206); the last plate (v.4, facing p. 213) is unnumbered.
Each volume has added engraved title page printed in black, with a cartouche containing a nature print printed in color ink.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: v. 4, p. [285]-301.

Contents

1. Rhodospermeae. Fam. I-IX -- 2. Rhodospermeae. Fam. X-XIII -- 3. Melanospermeae -- 4. Chlorospermeae.

Call Number

MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702

LCCN

05038017

OCLC

3146518

Author

Johnstone, William Grosart, author.

Title

The nature-printed British sea-weeds : a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the algæ of the British Isles. / By William Grosart Johnstone, F.B.S.E., and Alexander Croall, A.B.S.E. ; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. In four volumes..

Publisher

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859.-1860.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Bibliography: v. 4, p. [285]-301.

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Place of Publication

England London

Added Author

Croall, Alexander, 1809-1885, author.

Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860, engraver.

Other Form:

Online version: Johnstone, William Grosart. Nature-printed British sea-weeds (OCoLC)1003192576

Research Call Number

MEM (Bradbury) 18-1702

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