Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding.

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Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding, mid-19th century

Title(s):: Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding.
Published/Created:: Great Britain, mid-19th century.
Physical Description:: 1 item (1 shell, 30 seaweed specimens) ; 13 x 12 x 4 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SH390.5.G7 A43 1850 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Undetermined
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12988849
Classification:: Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:: Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Album of 30 specimens of seaweed, compiled by an unidentified collector, presumably British. The sheets of specimens are gathered together within the two parts of white scallop shell, which, with green silk ribbon, has been rendered as a binding, the natural hinge of the shell serving as the spine of the volume. The sheets bearing the seaweed specimens are cut to match the outline of the shell.
The scientific name (genus and species) is noted for each seaweed specimen, in black ink. There are multiple specimens for a number of species.
Subject Terms:: Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
Marine algae -- Collection and preservation.
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
Pressed flower pictures.
Form/Genre:: Herbaria.
Albums (books)
Botanical illustrations.
Scallop shell.
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