The Marine Botanist; An Introduction to the Study of the British Sea-Weeds; containing descriptions of all the species and the best methods of preserving them.
Published by Brighton: R. Folthorp, 1853.
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Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A.
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The present work categorizes types of seaweed and describes them in scientific but readable terms. The author cites the influence of Darwin, geologist Hugh Miller, and Sir George Gray. The chapter on collecting and preserving seaweed specimens describes a challenging process that begins with dredging the specimens from the water, using a microscope to identify the specimens, shaping them on a piece of paper with a porcupine quill, and painting them with turpentine Octavo. [7], viii-xl, 357, [1, errata], [1], [8, publishers ads] pp. With six color plates, including frontispiece, and six plates printed in black, all illustrating seaweed specimens. Plates by William Dickes (1815–1892). Green publisher’s cloth, boards tooled in blind. Gilt-titled spine Light soiling to boards. Tips bent. Shelfwear to head and foot of spine. Spine faded. Contemporary ink ownership signature to preliminary blank. Later bookplate to pastedown. Pages bright and clean. A very good copy. Third edition, significantly revised and expanded. With two more plates than the first edition and one more plate than the second edition. The present edition is also over two hundred pages longer than the previous editions, which is significant even accounting for different settings of type. First edition published by Darton in 1848. Isabella Gifford (1825 – 1891) was a botanist, algologist, and science writer. She was largely self-taught, though she grew up with scientific influences in her family, including her uncles Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith and the geologist Richard Cowling Taylor. Gifford contributed to the Journal of Botany and the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, and was an active contributing member of the Botanical Exchange Club in North Yorkshire for thirteen years. Her obituary in the Journal of Botany describes her as the last member of a century-long line of influential women algologists that carved out a niche for women in the field and in science writing. The Journal also describes her as an intrepid collector who traversed Britain to find the rarest specimens, including Ectocarpus holmesii, the discovery of which was “really due to her.” Journal of Botany, vol. 30 (March 1892), pp. 81-83. …
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- Title
- The Marine Botanist; An Introduction to the Study of the British Sea-Weeds; containing descriptions of all the species and the best methods of preserving them.
- Author
- Gifford, Isabella.
- Publisher
- Brighton: R. Folthorp, 1853.
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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