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SeaWeed Album, c1880s
682
Small Seaweed Album containg 9 separate specimens and a poem in front hand written in ink which quotes a passage from the famous book "Ocean Flowers and their teachings." In full leather morocco with steel corners and front emblem with edges gilt. In fine condition.
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Algae Album, c1840s
666
55 specimens mounted on fine paper. One fine specimen per page with the genera written in a contemporary hand. In Very fine condition
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Algae, c 1850's
660
18 sheets with multiple specimens on each page. All specimens on the first 15 pages mounted on cards with letterpress titles pasted down. The last 3 pages have the specimens mounted directly to the page with letterpress titles. A fine album in black morocco and "Algae" with decorative border gilt.
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Album de plantes marines, c 1840s
408
A unique and stiking collection of 170 delicate dried original seaweed specimens(marine algae) in 2 volumes with pen and ink description on genera. 1st volume contains 100 Plates bound in 1/2 green morocco spine gilt with green boards. The supplement contains 70 more specimens mounted in the same manner with 1/2 red morocco spine gilt . A very fine example of seaweed preservation.
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Scrap Album, 1900
732
60 specimens with genera and English common description of each specimen written in ink. Most of the specimens are mounted on small 3.5x4.5 inch cards with purple square borders. Some of the cards have amateur drawings of seaweeds surrounding the specimen. 7.25x9.5 Green cloth with black embossed design.
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Ocean Offering, 1864
658
29 mounted seaweed specimens on separate cards. The first being the title page made up of various species in collage with hand written dedication. Full black morocco binding all in very good condition.
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Ocean Flowers and their teachings, 1846
568
With sea weed specimens and text. "Sweet is the lore which Nature brings," says the great poet of nature, Wordsworth; and it is in hope of enabling others to extract more and more of this sweetness, that we venture to unfold another volume of "Nature's Teachings." Lacks 4 specimens.
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