A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliata

callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliata to name just a handful

Width: 67 inches

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very collectable

Painted in oils on board

A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios callophyllis laciniata and calliblepharis ciliataOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Possibly Collected by Anne Lucas Hakewill b. 1805 Date: The Specimens Collected from 1849 1862 Width: 9 inches Height: 12 inches Enclosing one hundred and one individual specimens of seaweed and algae from the British Isles, collected in the middle of the nineteenth century, and bound within a marbled moir and calf leather covered album. The album is accompanied by an extract from Country Life