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NATUEE-PRINTED
B R I T I S H S E A -WEEDS .
W IT H EH G R A Y ED M A G N IF IE D D ISSEC T IO N S OF T H E
W H O L E S PE C IE S D E SC R IB ED IN T H E V OLDME.
TH E DESCRIPTIONS
B y WILLIAAI G. JOHNSTONE a n d ALEXANDER CROALE.
NATURE-PRINTED BY HENRY BRADBURYT
h e N a t u r e - P r i n t e d B r i t i s h Sea-W e e d s w i l l fo rm fo u r h a n d s om e
voluTiies, ill royal 8vo, consisting of about 220 plates, with the necessary letter-press,
extending to about 900 pages.
The Text will be made as popular as possible, without the sacrifice of scientific
accuracy, and will comprise in addition to a complete History of each species, a carefully
prepared Synoptical Table of the Orders and Genera, and a systematical Synopsis
of the Species. The latter half of the concluding volume will be devoted to a general
view of the Structure and Uses of the Sea-Weed Family, and a Sketch of their Classification
and Distribution, together with ample and intelligible Instructions for tbeir
Cultivation, for their Preservation in the Herbarium, and for th e ir Preparation as
objects for the Microscope. A Glossary of the technical terms used in the Work will
also be given. _____________________________________
NOTICES OF TH E PRESS.
Athenceum.— “ For this kind o f w o r k Nature-Printing is e x a c tly adapted. Every
d e lic a te a n d in im itab le ramific ation is m o s t a ttra c tiv e ly a n d ac cu ra te ly re p re se n te d . The fifty-
s ix p la te s in th is volume can scarcely be su rp a sse d , a n d have n o t, a s fa r a s wo k n ow , been
equalled. Those who will n o t give a u h o u r to th e le tte r-p re s s m a y find more th a n a n h o u r’s
de lig h t in th e p la te s. F o r ourselves we hav e fo u n d th em p le a sin g , a n d s till plea sin g d u rin g
sev e ral in sp e c tio n s. Tlie volume is han d som ely g o t u p , a n d will m ak e a v e ry a ttra c tiv e
drawing-room ta b le b o o k a t home o r a t th e sea-side. I f th e th r e e succeediug volumes a r e a s
b e a u tifu lly illu s tra te d , w e sh a ll be g la d to welcome th em .”
Morning Post.— “ T h is f i r s t v o lum e h o ld s o u t t h e p rom is e o f a s p le n d id w o r k . I t
beg in s w ith th e o r red-weed gene ra, o f w h ich i t describes th e firs t s e rie s ; th e se
a re th e desmiospermece, o r thread-seeded, o f which ea ch sporiferous nucleus, o r seed vessel, is
a tta c h e d by a tu fte d sp o re -th re a d to a ce llu la r p lac enta. The nirmerous species in to which th e s e
a re div id ed are ac cu ra te ly classed, a n d th e h is to ry o f each is fully giv en ; th e m in u te , an d , in
some cases, alm o s t im p e rc ep tib le d is tin c tio n s which th e p ra c tised eye .of science h a s d ete c ted
a re c le arly defined. B u t th e m o st valuable p a r t o f th e w o rk a re th e “ n a tu r e -p r in te d ” copies
o f m o s t o f th e specimens described. These delin ea tio n s are so perfec t th a t th e y a lm o st su p p ly
th e place of th e originals themselves, a n d will b e a r th e h ig h e s t m ag nifying p ow e r ; th e y re flec t
g re a t c re d it on tb e sk ill a n d a tte n tio n o f th e a r ti s t .”
Gardeners^ Chronicle.— “ To nothing is Nature-Printing more suitable than to the
exquisitely graceful race ofsea-weeds, which are capable of so completely giving up their forms
to paper, in all the most minute ramifications, that it requires a very good eye to distinguish
the original from its impression.”
Chamhers’ JouA'nal.— “ On opening this volume, one is indeed apt to imagine th a t the
ac tual p la n ts are th e r e ; a n d i t is o n ly on a m o re ca reful insp ectio n th a t we become satisfied th a t
it is n o t re ally so, b u t th a t th e y a re m e re ly re p re s e n te d b y a w o n d e rfu l proc ess of a r t. The
volume is like a p o rtio n o f a m u seum d ev o ted to th e illu s tra tio n o f a p a r tic u la r b ra n c h of n a tu ra l
h isto ry . The process b y w h ich th e p ic tu re s a re m ad e is su c h as to in su re th e i r p e rfe c t accuracy.
The t r u th o f natvire ca n n o t have been m isrep re s en ted th ro u g h th e m ista k e o f a u a rtis t, a n d th e
a c tu a l re a lity is before ns, ju s t as if we looked u p o n th e oi-iginal spec imen itself. I t is n o t easy to
ov er-estim ate th e ad v a n tag e lik e ly to r e s u lt to science from th is m u ltip licatio n of specimens, as it
m a y be te rm e d , from tb o o p p o rtu n ity th u s g iv en to th e y o u n g b o ta n is t to compa re species, an d ,
to a c e rta in e x te n t, to ex am in e specimens even o f th e r a re s t ones fo r himself, a n d in liis own
ab o d e .” __________________________________
^ Volume I I . will he puhUshed early in October. Volumes I I I . and IV . at fu rth e r
intervals o f about three months. The price o f the volumes will he 21. 2s. each.
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