[Half-title:] 'British Algae Vol. I.' Photographer: Atkins, Anna
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Genre: Scientific Photography Cyanotype negative photogram. The letters of the title incorporate algae specimens. With British Museum yellow datestamp for 14 Dec 1850 on reverse.
[Introductory notice:] 'The difficulty of making accurate drawings...' Photographer: Atkins, Anna
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Genre: Scientific Photography Cyanotype negative photogram, a single page of text in Anna Atkins' hand, introducing the work and signed 'A. A.' The text reads: 'The difficulty of making accurate drawings of objects so minute as many of the algae and confervae, has induced me to avail myself of...
Handwritten note in ink, in Anna Atkins' hand, stating that 'The plants in the previous parts, not included in the Table of Contents now given, are to be reserved for future volumes. Where there are two plates of the same plant, the later is from the best impression. Laminaria fascia, in Part 2,...